Sokakta engellenen kadınların Las Tesis protestosu İçişleri Bakanı Soylu’ya karşı Meclis’te gerçekleştirildi. #AslaYalnızYürümeyeceksin pic.twitter.com/EKWn7PRgFM
— Ali ŞEKER (@draliseker) December 14, 2019
Women MPs Protest Male Violence with Las Tesis at Parliament
The women MPs of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have protested male violence with Las Tesis at the Parliament. “Despite the law, despite the Constitution, I will use my broadest right”, Minister of Soylu has slammed the MPs.
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A feminist dance protest modeled after the Chilean collective Las Tesis was stopped by the police in Ankara.
Members of Womens’ Assembly, a Turkish feminist collective, wanted to perform Las Tesis’ dance protest in Ankara’s busy square Güvenpark, but police officers pushed them away with their shields.
Activists in Turkey hail convictions in femicide case
Tough sentences for the rape and murder of a young woman are seen as a breakthrough by activists.
Turkey Ranks 66th in UN Gender Inequality Index
Turkey stood at 66th place out of 162 countries in the Gender Inequality Index