A court in Istanbul has overruled a prosecution demand to close one of Turkey’s major women’s rights groups, We Will Stop Femicide Platform, for its alleged ‘immorality”.
“We will continue to fight. We will not give up our rights and political struggle,” Fidan Ataselim, General Secretary of We Will Stop Femicide Platform said after a hearing in front of the courthouse.
Ataselim said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government did not take into account “women’s power”.
“The government and those who would like strip us from our rights did not take into account our organised struggle. They will continue to see us all over the country, whenever they try to impinge our rights,” Ataselim added.
A court in Istanbul has overruled a prosecution demand to close one of Turkey’s major women’s rights groups, We Will Stop Femicide Platform, for its alleged ‘immorality”.
“We will continue to fight. We will not give up our rights and political struggle,” Fidan Ataselim, General Secretary of We Will Stop Femicide Platform said after a hearing in front of the courthouse.
Ataselim said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government did not take into account “women’s power”.
“The government and those who would like strip us from our rights did not take into account our organised struggle. They will continue to see us all over the country, whenever they try to impinge our rights,” Ataselim added.
