52 Men 52 Weeks

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Spiral of Violence

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 20 MEHMET AÇAR

Spiral of Violence

It would do all men some good to watch documentaries about primates that become violent due to testosterone. Perhaps, we can then think that being a human should have a difference and say, “Evolution is a must!”.

23 May 2018 Mehmet Açar

Find Attached My Defense!

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 19 İRFAN DEĞİRMENCİ

Find Attached My Defense!

Michelle became the first transwoman TV reporter in Turkey. Most television viewers probably met her for the first time that day when she was subjected to bodyguard violence as she attempted to ask a question to Sümeyye Erdoğan, the daughter of the then-prime minister Erdoğan.

16 May 2018 İrfan Değirmenci

Men are ‘Etc.’

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 18 ALİ KEMAL ÇINAR

Men are ‘Etc.’

For some reason it was always a woman who was desired. Then again groups of men would beat each other up in front of schools. Because someone looked at his “cause”, and the other talked with his “cause”, etc.

9 May 2018 Ali Kemal Çınar

It's Really not a Coincidence, Men Kill Women

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 17 SAMİ EVREN

It's Really not a Coincidence, Men Kill Women

What is my responsibility in a social network where all sorts of violence and incidents of harassment against women are considered normal? How significant is it that I am not a direct subject of this issue?

2 May 2018 Sami Evren

The Mind of the State is Set Against Women

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 16 PATRAK ESTUKYAN

The Mind of the State is Set Against Women

According to the narrative of all three holy books, “women, who are prone to sin, are to blame for the miserable lives that we lead”. Even this narrative in itself can give an idea about the role played by religion in violence against women.

25 April 2018 Pakrat Estukyan

The Curse of Being a Man…

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 15 ALPER HASANOĞLU

The Curse of Being a Man…

In fact, violence does nothing other than strengthening the feeling of impotence and the negative self-image. As a result, the fragility of manhood increases, its artificiality becomes all the more manifest and the feeling of insecurity becomes stronger and stronger.

18 April 2018 Alper Hasanoğlu

‘We’ Weren't There But ‘We’ Were More

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 14 VOLKAN AĞIR

‘We’ Weren't There But ‘We’ Were More

We all concur that the words which best describe the pleasure felt when a goal is scored belong to Sócrates: “No, no! That was not a goal! That was an unending orgasm! Unforgettable.”

11 April 2018 Volkan Ağır

My Name is Hatun

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 13 AHMET ÜMİT

My Name is Hatun

The wind outside calls her; like a sweet whisper, like a compassionate touch. Hatun walks to the wind calling her. She comes across her mother at the door of the house. The poor woman utters a scream and falls to the ground.

4 April 2018 Ahmet Ümit

Situation of Women Reporters is Not Any Different Than the News They Report

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 12 GÖKHAN DURMUŞ

Situation of Women Reporters is Not Any Different Than the News They Report

According to the survey TGS carried out with women reporters, six out of every 10 women journalists in Turkey say that they have been subjected to gender discrimination, psychological violence and mobbing by their administrators and colleagues.

28 March 2018 Gökhan Durmuş

My Son Should Know His Father

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 11 KORKUT AKIN

My Son Should Know His Father

I had hit my girlfriend many times for tearing up and throwing away my ex-girlfriend’s pictures. Shame on me. I apologize after all these passing years. Does she remember? Is it something that can be forgotten, surely she did not forget but pretends not to remember.

21 March 2018 Korkut Akın

Magnificent Manhood!

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 10 ŞENER ÖZMEN

Magnificent Manhood!

In fact, these words were sometimes composed into novels, sometimes into poems and sometimes into independent art works or even initiatives. Let’s drink to Daisy… For trampling on the magnificent manhood…

14 March 2018 Şener Özmen

We Men Are Very Insincere About the Issue of Woman

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 09 ATİLLA TAŞ

We Men Are Very Insincere About the Issue of Woman

It is easy to put the whole blame on our upbringing or the people around us. Even though I have made the utmost effort to shape myself, like carving a stone or a piece of wood, there is still that uncarved wood very much alive somewhere inside me.

7 March 2018 Atilla Taş

Three States of Male Violence

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 08 MURAT YETKİN

Three States of Male Violence

The most important task here falls on the progressive, egalitarian men of conscience. Progressive, egalitarian men of conscience need to stand with women for gender equality.

28 February 2018 Murat Yetkin

An Evening in the Country

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 07 TAYFUN PİRSELİMOĞLU

An Evening in the Country

Actually, what thrilled me so was my sudden privilege of coming by a horrific and bloody story. I had laid claim to be the witness of an awful murder; he might not have been dead, but that did not matter so much at that moment.

21 February 2018 Tayfun Pirselimoğlu

I am Afraid of Confrontation!

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 06 YEKTA KOPAN

I am Afraid of Confrontation!

You need to understand it to be able to tell it, and to understand it you need to confront it. Now let’s take out our elementary school notebooks and write over and over again for pages and pages: “I’m afraid of confrontation!”

14 February 2018 Yekta Kopan

Yes It Hurts, Rocky

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 05 HAKAN BIÇAKCI

Yes It Hurts, Rocky

Finally smacking down his opponent in full throttle, Rocky addresses the crowd in his victory speech: “During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, in the way you felt about me, and the way I felt about you. (...) if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change.”

7 February 2018 Hakan Bıçakcı

Middle East

52 WEEKS 52 MEN/ 04 ÜMİT ÜNAL

Middle East

“Mom, why do you behave like this mom?”, shouts her grown-up boy as if he is worried about the neighbors running to their windows or the passersby. “Who is beating you mom? Why are you doing this to me mom?” Then he packs a punch.

31 January 2018 Ümit Ünal

Sur-Karşıyaka-Cebeci-Babıali*

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 03 TUĞRUL ERYILMAZ

Sur-Karşıyaka-Cebeci-Babıali*

The number of my women colleagues who took part in decision-making mechanisms is extremely low. Can there be a greater violence than this? Let me call on all men, join this campaign of “questioning”.

24 January 2018 Tuğrul Eryılmaz

Woman

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 02 MEHMET EROĞLU

Woman

What should be done? Even though the first step toward solving the women’s problems is to raise awareness, at the end of the day this is a matter of being in power.

17 January 2018 Mehmet Eroğlu

I Must Have Gone Crazy

52 WEEKS 52 MEN/ 01 MURAT ÇELİKKAN

I Must Have Gone Crazy

It has taken me a long time to learn to control myself, to understand that I have been sort of gender-trained to view certain things as my right, and to start questioning these. I cannot say that I have worked it all out either.

10 January 2018 Murat Çelikkan

52 Weeks, 52 Men

52 Weeks, 52 Men

Every Wednesday for 52 weeks, men working in the fields of media, literature, academia, sports, cinema, music, and rights struggles are going to discuss male violence through their own manhood and masculinities, personal experiences and testimonies.

9 January 2018 Haluk Kalafat

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