content tagged with 8 March

Women Protesters "Will Not Leave the Streets"

Around 500 women walked along the pedestrian precinct of Beyoğlu in the evening of 8 March, reclaiming the streets for women.

9 March 2009 Emine Özcan,Bawer Çakır

Thousands of Women Marked 8 March in Kadıköy

Thousands of Women Marked 8 March in Kadıköy

Women’s Day was celebrated by around six thousand women, many of them Kurdih. Workers and feminists were also part of the crowd.

9 March 2009 Emine Özcan

Photo Gallery: International Women’s Day in Kadiköy

12 March 2008 Emine Özcan

A Tale of Two Rallies on Women’s Day

A Tale of Two Rallies on Women’s Day

Two rallies in Istanbul on International Women’s Day had very different flavours. One was more concerned with protesting against the headscarf than calling for women’s rights.

10 March 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü,Emine Özcan

“International Women’s Day? Never Heard of It”

Bianet asked women in Konya, central Anatolia, what 8 March means to them. For most, the day itself is meaningless, if they have even heard of it.

6 March 2008 Aysel Kılıç