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...
8 March 1996: Roza, the first feminist Kurdish women’s magazine, is out
Feminist magazine Roza, which revolts against the specific and violent oppressions faced by Kurdish women, was launched in March 1996. Roza had adopted a...
What does the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention mean from a juridical perspective?
If there is a mechanism which secures the lives of women in Turkey today, it is maintained not by the legal system, but through...
Know thy age, know thy place! Really?
Who needs all these useless injunctions about what can and cannot be done and which pose obstacles before collective living practices and create new...
9 June 2009: European Court of Human Rights’ historic decision against male violence: Nahide...
ECtHR penalized Turkey on June 9, 2009 for not protecting Nahide Akgün (Opuz) from male violence. With this decision, for the first time, a...
On good guys…
So, did you ever pose a threat to the dominion of "good guys" or voiced your ideas which confront theirs? In short, did you...
The irresistible sagginess of my boobs and the unbearable lightness of not wearing bras
As the experts who are feeling sorry for us have become addicted to giving advice, my woman-mothers and I have already made peace with...
From conservative Jewish family circles to Women’s Circle of women’s liberation movement
On April 5, 2019, we conversed with Stella Ovadia on her history and testimonies about how she became a feminist as part of the...
Melisa Kesmez’s Nohut Oda
"After his mother, now I am next in line; he is demanding from me that which will keep him alive.
Although the face of a...
Purple Economy for Equality
Just as Green Economy identifies ecological sustainability as a prerequisite for welfare, Purple Economy underlines the importance of the labor of care for personal...
