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Wake-up call or smear campaign? How an ad for sanitary pads is dividing Turkish public opinion
Screenshot from an ad for sanitary pads that is causing a debate in Turkey.
In Turkey, a top sanitary pad brand launched a daring video ad and framed it as a campaign fighting femicide and social taboos associated with periods. Yet the video proved so divisive the company had to issue an apology and remove it as some perceived it as an attack on Turkey’s reputation abroad.
Turkish religious authority’s video prompts sexism outcry
A video by Turkey’s religious authority stirs debate about gender equality.
In a country as polarised as Turkey, even a social media influencer’s religious ritual for her…
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