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Women and LGBTI+s take to streets despite obstacles

22ND FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH

Women and LGBTI+s take to streets despite obstacles

Police closed all streets in Taksim area with barricades.

8 March 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Women's Day celebrations in Kurdish provinces

Women's Day celebrations in Kurdish provinces

Rallies have begun in Kurdish provinces organized by women's groups and DEM Party.

Vanished 150-year-old snake sculpture in İstanbul's center replaced by replica

Vanished 150-year-old snake sculpture in İstanbul's center replaced by replica

One of the twin snake statues on Galatasaray High School's gate, overlooking İstiklal Avenue, disappeared on Women's Day and remains unaccounted for.

13 June 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Police place barricades in İstanbul's Taksim ahead of Feminist Night March

WOMEN'S DAY

Police place barricades in İstanbul's Taksim ahead of Feminist Night March

The authorities are expected not to allow the march, as has been the case over the past few years.

'Illegal demonstration' charges against 40 women over Women's Day events

'Illegal demonstration' charges against 40 women over Women's Day events

"Participating in the March 8 marches is not against the law, it is a fundamental right. Prevent male violence, not women defending their rights," the Women's Defense Network has said.

Over a dozen women detained in police raids in Diyarbakır over Women's Day events

Over a dozen women detained in police raids in Diyarbakır over Women's Day events

Politicians, union members and women's rights defenders are among the detained.

Women in Diyarbakır remember imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk on Women's Day

Women in Diyarbakır remember imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk on Women's Day

Several banners hung in the rally area included the one that read, "Aysel's memory is our memory," in reference to Aysel Tuğluk, an imprisoned Kurdish politician who has been diagnosed with dementia.

9 March 2022 Umut Ali Adalı

'The feminist revolt will not end without establishing an equal and free world!'

20TH FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH

'The feminist revolt will not end without establishing an equal and free world!'

Prevented from holding the night march on İstiklal Avenue, women read out their statement in Cihangir quarter.

8 March 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Women gather in Cihangir despite police response

20TH FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH

Women gather in Cihangir despite police response

Subway stations in the Taksim area have been shut down as the Governor's Office banned the Feminist Night March. Dozens of women who wanted to take the ferry from Kadıköy have been detained.

8 March 2022 Evrim Kepenek,Hikmet Adal,Yağmur Karagöz,Ayşegül Özbek

‘This year, we dedicate March 8 to hope for peace and women’s solidarity’

CANAN GÜLLÜ

‘This year, we dedicate March 8 to hope for peace and women’s solidarity’

Federation of Women Associations of Turkey (TKDF) Chair Güllü has penned this year’s March 8 International Women’s Day Declaration of the Turkish Writers’ Union: “Women; to the streets on March 8 for our struggle for democracy and rights!”

Feminists invited to organize trans+ cortege for ‘Great Women’s Meeting’

Feminists invited to organize trans+ cortege for ‘Great Women’s Meeting’

“We call on all anti-transphobia feminists to organize the trans+ cortege to increase our visibility and solidarize,” say queer feminists in a statement about the Great Women’s Meeting in İstanbul ahead of International Women’s Day.

‘End probe of women over slogans at Feminist Night March’

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH TO TURKEY

‘End probe of women over slogans at Feminist Night March’

Referring to the Human Rights Action Plan unveiled by Turkey, the HRW has called on the authorities to immediately put a stop to the criminal investigation opened into women’s rights activists for shouting slogans at the March 8 assembly in İstanbul.

İYİ Party leader Akşener lashes out at MHP over sexist campaign against her

İYİ Party leader Akşener lashes out at MHP over sexist campaign against her

The MHP, Akşener's former party, launched a Twitter hashtag campaign against her last week.

Women+s: Male violence will go away, we will stay

19TH İSTANBUL FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH

Women+s: Male violence will go away, we will stay

"We know that as we empower one another, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, male violence will go away, we will stay!" says the organizers of the night march.

Women's Day messages from İmamoğlu, Demirtaş

Women's Day messages from İmamoğlu, Demirtaş

The İstanbul mayor and the former HDP co-chair have marked Women's Day on Twitter.

Feminist Night March: 'Feminist rebellion is everywhere!'

WOMEN'S DAY

Feminist Night March: 'Feminist rebellion is everywhere!'

Hundreds of women have held the 19th night march marking Women's Day.

8 March 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Roads to Taksim Square to be closed ahead of Feminist Night March

WOMEN'S DAY

Roads to Taksim Square to be closed ahead of Feminist Night March

There is not a ban on the march and it will start at 6.30 p.m. "despite obstacles," feminist lawyer Eyüboğlu has said.

'We are not afraid, we resist,' say women in İstanbul

AHEAD OF MARCH 8 WOMEN'S DAY

'We are not afraid, we resist,' say women in İstanbul

Upon the call of the İstanbul March 8 Women’s Platform, women from all around İstanbul met in Kadıköy ahead of International Women’s Day. LGBTI+ cortege and rainbow symbols were not allowed in the square for a long time.

6 March 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Adana to ban 'LGBTI+ flags' at Women's Day rally

Adana to ban 'LGBTI+ flags' at Women's Day rally

Placards about the Boğaziçi University protests will also not be allowed, according to the provincial security directorate.

Only Male Speakers Invited to March 8 Panel: ‘Men Also Need to Express Themselves’

Only Male Speakers Invited to March 8 Panel: ‘Men Also Need to Express Themselves’

Municipality of Kepez in Çanakkale has announced that it will hold a discussion panel entitled “Being a Woman in Kepez” on March 8. The panel has sparked controversy on social media since all of its five speakers are male mayor candidates.

27 February 2019 Evrim Kepenek

HDP MP Tosun: March 8 Women's Day Should be a Public Holiday

HDP MP Tosun: March 8 Women's Day Should be a Public Holiday

HDP MP Remziye Tosun has submitted a legislative proposal regarding March 8 Women's Day's declaration as a public holiday: "This shall be a big gain for women in Turkey."

7 February 2019

Thousands of Women Celebrate Women’s Day in Afrin

Thousands of Women Celebrate Women’s Day in Afrin

March 8 International Women’s day was celebrated with thousands of women coming to Afrin from neighboring cantons. Following the march, the women chanted slogan “Long live women’s resistance”.

Women March through İstiklal Avenue for March 8

FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH

Women March through İstiklal Avenue for March 8

Women have come together at the 16th Feminist Night March with the slogan “Our Life, Our Revolt, Our Struggle: Feminism.” Women have said, “We come together not to call out to the system, but because we propose a way against this system.”

9 March 2018 Haluk Kalafat

400 Thousand Social Media Posts about March 8 in a Week

400 Thousand Social Media Posts about March 8 in a Week

More than quarter of all posts and comments shared on Facebook about March 8 have been posted by people between the ages of 18 and 24. In the first week of March, 400 thousand social media posts have been made about March 8.

Equality School Report by Women’s Association: Turkey Fails All Classes

Equality School Report by Women’s Association: Turkey Fails All Classes

The March 8 school report published by KA.DER has shown that Turkey has again failed on gender equality. In her end of the year degree, the counsellor has stated, “The student is still ignoring women.”

Women March in Bakırköy Against ‘State of Emergency, Sexism’

Women March in Bakırköy Against ‘State of Emergency, Sexism’

As March 8 approaches, the slogan for the rally organized at Bakırköy Liberty Square was, “We resist for our labor, identity and freedom against war, State of Emergency and sexism”.

The Country of “Child Women” and Women Who Forgot Their Womanhood

Young Mediterranean Women

The Country of “Child Women” and Women Who Forgot Their Womanhood

Five women from Turkey, all in their twenties. Marking International Women's Day, we have explored what they associate with womanhood, what their attitudes towards their sexuality are, and how they envisage their future.

7 March 2008 Burçin Belge