Turkey Women in Islam

Turkey: Women’s rights march ends in tear gas and arrests…….


 

Same as in Iran…

 

A Women’s Rights March in Turkey Has Ended With Tear Gas and Arrests

By JOSEPH HINCKS

1:44 AM EST

Women’s rights marchers in Ankara met with tear gas and arrests Sunday as they gathered for a protest ahead of International Women’s Day later this week.

 

After the marchers ignored calls to disperse, Turkish riot police fired tear gas and detained about 15 women, Agence France-Presse reports, citing Turkey’s private Dogan News Agency.

 

The marchers mainly came from a women’s rights-focused NGO called Ankara Women’s Platform. They reportedly held aloft banners, including one that read “we are getting stronger in solidarity.”

 

The disrupted protest in Ankara coincided with another march in Istanbul, where around 1,500 women gathered to voice opposition to Turkey’s military campaign against Syrian Kurdish militia.

 

More here.

H/T: AS

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