Nejla Kırbaş

"Lake Van is becoming increasingly polluted with each passing day. To the extent that trustees consider the removal of the accumulating sediment at the bottom as a service,” says ecologist Menekşe Kızıldere.

After getting married, as a housewife and mother, I found myself constantly pushed and shoved under the pressures of society and family, belittled with a vile and reactionary mindset of "you don't know anything." It was during this time that I met journalism and reporting.

"We have a tradition of struggle that regards all other societal problems as fundamentally linked to the issue of women's freedom," says Şedal.