* Women are strong together
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Under the slogan "We lay claim to our rights, lives and gains" of the women's platform "Kadınlar Birlikte Güçlü" (Women are Strong Together), women will meet in İstanbul to attend the Women's Meeting of Turkey on January 5-6.
The Women's Meeting of Turkey, which will be held at the Fulya Sanat Merkezi (Fulya Art Center) in the district of Beşiktaş in İstanbul, is expected to host more than 700 women from over 30 cities in Turkey.
155 women's, LGBTI organizations express support
Women will come to İstanbul from the following provinces:
Ankara, Antakya, Adana, Mersin, Urfa, Samsun, Van, Muğla, Kocaeli, Trabzon, Diyarbakır, Antalya, Artvin, Batman, Kırklareli, Erzincan, Dersim, İstanbul, İzmir, Edremit, Ayvalık, Denizli, Ağrı, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bingöl, Çanakkale, Eskişehir, Tekirdağ, Antep, Manisa, Malatya, Ordu, Niğde.
155 women's and LGBTI organizations have signed the statement inviting the women of Turkey to the meeting in İstanbul.
Some highlights from the statement are as follows:
"Despite everything, we, as women and LGBTI+ individuals, are making a call to everyone to widen the bases of togetherness, raise our voices, be together and take strength from each other. Because we believe in each other, we believe in women and women's movement.
"We are coming together at the Women's Meeting of Turkey on January 5-6 to feel and remember this belief again, to give strength to each other, to increase our contact and multiply our words and to discuss how we can render our solidarity permanent." (EMK/SD)
