Strong women are hard to take for Turkey’s Islamists and this team is making the headlines on a daily basis…
Turkey on Aug. 31 defeated Poland 3-0 to advance to the semifinals of the 2021 CEV Women’s European Volleyball Championship.
3-0!
Dörtlü finaldeyiz.
İyi ki varsınız, iyi ki oradasınız, her birinizle ayrı ayrı gurur duyuyoruz ve hakikaten de iyi ki varsın Ebrar Başkaaann 👏🏼💜 pic.twitter.com/siTsMKd4Hi
— Sera Kadıgil (@serakadigil) August 31, 2021
This team won seven games in a row losing only two sets, defeated a homophobic attack by Islamist trolls and forced the bigots at the state-run TV to show their games on the main channel in prime time. Thousands of girls in Turkey will try sports thanks to them. Heroic… pic.twitter.com/7JRe5EbSlJ
— Dağhan Irak – daghan@mastodon.social (@daghanirak) August 31, 2021
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