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The Antalya Bar has been granting the "Uğur Mumcu Special Award" in memory of journalist Uğur Mumcu, who was killed on January 24, 1993, since 2007. This year's award will be given to Hülya Gülbahar, a feminist lawyer who has long been making efforts for the women's movement.
In a statement on the 16th Uğur Mumcu Special Award, the Antalya Bar has stressed that the award has become more meaningful this year for the belief in solidarity and struggle against violence against women.
Gülbahar has also shared the news on social media, saying, "It is a great honor for me. It is especially an honor and responsibility as it is granted for 'belief in solidarity and struggle against violence against women'."
The award was granted for the first time in 2007. It was presented to the family of Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, a member of the Council of State's 2nd Chamber who was killed in the attack against the Council of State. The award has been granted to various legists since then.
The award-giving ceremony will be held at the Antalya Nazım Hikmet Fair and Congress Center on January 24 at 6 pm.
About Hülya Gülbahar
She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir. From 1984 to 1988, she worked in the fields of encyclopedic publishing and union publishing-broadcasting. She was the lawyer of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) Banking and Insurance Workers Union for four years. She is still a self-employed lawyer in İstanbul.
As an activist of the women's movement of Turkey since 1978, Hülya Gülbahar was the voluntary lawyer of the Purple Roof Women's Shelter Foundation and a part of its collective. She is the founding member of the "Women's Congress E-mail Communication Group" and "Women's Media Monitoring Group (MEDİZ)" and the general assembly member of the "Women's Library and Information Center Foundation".
She contributes to several women's groups such as "Women's Labor and Employment (KEİG)" and "Women's Solidarity Foundation (KADAV)."
A founding member and spokesperson of the "Protection Order Platform Against Violence Against Women", "Civil Code Women's Platform" and "Turkish Penal Code Women's Platform", feminist lawyer Hülya Gülbahar also served as the chair of the Association for Support of Women Candidates (KA-DER) from the year 2007 to 2010.
Gülbahar is also a founder of several women's organizations such as the Monitoring for Equality Women's Group (EŞİTİZ), MEDİZ and Women's Platform for Equality of Turkey (EŞİK). (EMK/SD)
