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Cemre Baytok

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The earthquake is not over yet

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...

“This decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals introduced male fragility to the legal...

The General Criminal Assembly of the Supreme Court of Appeals decision read that Orhan Munis committed the murder of Hatice Kaçmaz without premeditation, and due to an “emotional breakdown and with an instant rage”...

“ILO 190 provides women workers an international assurance” / Interview with Feryal Saygılıgil and...

The Convention strengthens the women workers’ hand in the fight against sexual violence and harassment in the workplace. It provides an international assurance. It provides not only a legitimate ground for unions that want...

“PSAs expand the feminist space.” / An Interview with Seda Kalem

Seda Kalem, an academic at Istanbul Bilgi University, published an article entitled “Feminist Mücadelenin Üniversitedeki Ayağı: CTS Birimleri” in Fe Dergi. In the article, she presents experiences of eight people working in this...

Egotistic World of Bikers

Biker man is the bare form of violence of uncouth men who see themselves entitled to behave as if they are the only living beings on the streets. A Turkish man, borned into and burdened...

Women who poisoned their husbands in the Ottoman Empire / Interview with Ebru Aykut

Ebru Aykut is a faculty member at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Sociology. She received her PhD from Boğaziçi University Atatürk Institute (ATA) with a thesis on arson and poisoning cases in...

Disclosures, justice, and women’s empowerment

Seeing the pervasiveness of the relations which feed on inequality, abuse, and sexual violence and the few number of relationships that do not hurl into flirting violence do not mean that we should expand...

Boğaziçi is resisting – 3

The trustee rector appointed from outside to the university caused protests which have been widely supported all over the country. As days pass, both hope and worry heighten. We, as Çatlar Zemin, continue our...

Boğaziçi is resisting – 2

Protests against the appointed rector at Boğaziçi University are continuing. We, as Çatlak Zemin, are listening carefully to these protests. Today, we asked the students what they think. We interviewed İmge from BÜKAK (Boğaziçi...

Boğaziçi is resisting

Since the 1st of January, protests against Melih Bulu, who was appointed as a trustee to Boğaziçi University, are continuing both inside and outside the university. These protests are against a system, which bypassing...