Entry into Turkey with expired children’s passports?

Hello, we are flying to Turkey on Friday and applied for new passports for the children about seven weeks ago, but they are still not ready and I doubt they will be issued by Friday!

Now my question, has anyone recently traveled to Istanbul with an expired passport and were there any problems?

Please only answer if you have had this experience. I have studied the entry requirements, but I would still like to hear about your experiences… :))

Thank you very much