Çiğdem Mater

Çiğdem Mater

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Yapımcı. 25 Nisan 2022'den bu yana Gezi Davası'ndan Bakırköy Kadın Hapishanesi'nde.

'Turkey is a big joke, but how much can we laugh at this?'

'Turkey is a big joke, but how much can we laugh at this?'

"Let's agree on this: every judge and prosecutor who has been sitting in the position of claim and decision-making since 2017 knows better than me, and they are sure that there is not the slightest crime or evidence in this case."

'The patriarchy of things' in women's prisons in Turkey

'The patriarchy of things' in women's prisons in Turkey

Çiğdem Mater makes a contribution to Rebekka Endler's book, "The Patriarchy of Things: On a world unsuitable for women," from the most populated women's prison in Turkey.

'Contractors are merely the hired guns and racketeers of this crooked system'

ÇİĞDEM MATER INTERVIEWS MÜCELLA YAPICI

'Contractors are merely the hired guns and racketeers of this crooked system'

Yapıcı, who as a UCTEA executive played an important role in the organization of the rescue teams during the 1999 earthquake, answered the questions of Mater, who, like her, received the news of the Maraş earthquakes in prison.

20 February 2023

Working in Prison

ÇİĞDEM MATER/BAKIRKÖY WOMEN'S PRISON

Working in Prison

In the last eight years, none of the prison guards got an indefinite contract. All of them work on a contract basis. When I ask, "But what about job security?" The answer is significant: "Our job security is that no one else wants to do it."

12 January 2023

Wars Destruction in the Middle East

The ongoing World Social Forum witnesses numerous assemblies on environmental issues in an unprecedented manner. Statistics show Israeli and US agression in Middle East deprived millions from healthy lives by destroying food sources.

24 January 2007

Yuksekova Women Speak Out

To be a woman is to wait for your son who is in the army or up on the mountains, to realize you have been sterilized when you come back home from a caesarean, to get beaten up by your husband back home after a demonstration you have marched side-by-side.

13 December 2005