After the protest on Sakarya Street, the women also entered Yüksel Street, which was forbidden to the march by the Turkish government. Although the police tried to prevent the women from entering Yüksel Street through Thessaloniki Street, they could not do so. Women who overcame the police barrier marched on Yüksel Street and Konur Street. Women marchers said they took to the streets in a feminist rebellion against the Kızılay, the Red Crescent, the relief organization that failed at its duties due to high corruption in the hands of the Turkish government and came under attack with the sale of donated tents to other relief organizations, and against the ruling AKP party, which betrayed the people to benefit their friendly contractors. The march ended on Konur Street, another popular and crowded street in the nation’s capital.
With the joint call of Ankara Women’s Platform and the Feminist Night March team, women met on Sakarya Street. Hundreds of women were in the area with their banners commemorating those who lost their lives in the earthquake and rebelling against those responsible. “Our rebellion exceeds our mourning; it brings women’s solidarity,” the women often chanted, “The government should resign.”
Barricades opened
When the women gathered on Sakarya Street and marched to Yüksel Street, the police set up a barricade. At the insistence of the women, the police opened the barricade. The marchers were not able to demonstrate on the popular Yüksel Street, but there was a march along the side streets of bars alongside the Sakarya Street.
After the march, a joint press release was read. Stating that they celebrate March 8 with enthusiasm every year, the women stated that they entered March 8 with mourning and anger after the earthquake this year. The speaker said they were in mourning for those who lost their lives but were rebelling against the government because the deaths were preventable. After the announcement, the women who demonstrated in the square ended their actions.
Yüksel Street ban also exceeded
After the protest on Sakarya Street, the women also entered Yüksel Street, which was forbidden to the march by the Turkish government. Although the police tried to prevent the women from entering Yüksel Street through Thessaloniki Street, they could not do so. Women who overcame the police barrier marched on Yüksel Street and Konur Street. Women marchers said they took to the streets in a feminist rebellion against the Kızılay, the Red Crescent, the relief organization that failed at its duties due to high corruption in the hands of the Turkish government and came under attack with the sale of donated tents to other relief organizations, and against the ruling AKP party, which betrayed the people to benefit their friendly contractors. The march ended on Konur Street, another popular and crowded street in the nation’s capital.
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