Established in 2012 to advocate for peace, Academics for Peace published the declaration titled We will not be a party to this crime! in January 2016. They have been actively supporting the peace process initiated in 2012 and advocating for peace regarding the Kurdish issue. Following the publication of...
The deeper the contradictions and the heavier the burden on women, the more it becomes apparent that these systems of exploitation hold no promise for women. In other words, these harsh conditions are bringing us closer to the limits of capital and patriarchy.
How should women’s labor be linked to...
It might not be wise to bracket together the two films, Afire and Anatomy of a Fall, since they belong to different genres, are set in different contexts, and focus on relationships that are perhaps difficult to compare. That said, we think that a subtheme traverses both films: women...
The Association of Public Health Specialists (Halk Sağlığı Uzmanları Derneği - HASUDER) established a “Women and Reproductive Health Services in Disasters” unit in Hatay after the February 6 earthquake. Prof. Dr. Türkan Günay, the coordinator of the project, talked about the contraceptive methods they procured to take to the...
After the February 6 earthquakes, we share an interview with Zerrin Oğlağu and Neşe Yorguner, volunteer psychiatrists who went to Adıyaman and Hatay.
How did you decide to be among the volunteer psychiatrists from the Psychiatric Association of Turkey going to Adıyaman and Hatay?
Zerrin: I have been interested in and...
In Mexico, the Supreme Court ruled on September 7 to decriminalize abortion at the federal level. We talked with Lucía Melgar, a feminist from Mexico's Academics in Critical Action, about this decision and its impact on women's access to abortion rights in Mexico.
Can you introduce yourself and the organization...
We are sharing our interview with Yıldız Tar from Ankara LGBTI+ Earthquake Solidarity.
How did Ankara LGBTI+ Earthquake Solidarity come together?
Immediately after the earthquake, a general Lubunya Earthquake Solidarity was established to work across the country. Apart from that, since Ankara and Mersin are the cities with the highest migration from...
In the aftermath of the disaster, one of the issues we need to focus on the most is memorylessness, fatalism and being convinced by symbolic indicators (such as halalism). I believe that how we react to such a massive death and destruction, and whether we keep our memory of...
As we deliver materials a woman says, “give me a broom, I am cleaning the tent with my hands.” To whose ears these words would reach and how the burden of taking care of the children, the elderly, the disabled as well as the men, who have not even...
“When I talked to the women here, I felt both anger and sadness when I heard about this whole process they were going through, but I also felt solidarity a lot as a feminist. When we talked to each other, I felt that both I and they were mutually...