Izmir Bar Association

An Istanbul court sentenced Abdullah Çakıroğlu on Sept. 7 to three years and 10 months in prison for kicking a young woman for wearing "inappropriate clothes" on a public bus.

The Istanbul 40th Court of First Instance said in its ruling the sentence was given on charges of "prohibiting the freedom of belief and opinion," "deliberate injury" and "insult."

A Turkish teacher whose actions led to the arrest of a principal for sexually abusing six girls between the ages of six and 11 received the International Women of Courage Award in Washington on March 29. 

Saadet Özkan, a teacher from the western province of İzmir, received her award from U.S. first lady Melania Trump.

The scene is the conference hall of the İzmir Bar Association. The occasion is the 82nd anniversary of Turkish women's suffrage. As Turks never get tired of telling you, in voices that drop an octave in admiration of a glorious/glorified past, Turkish women obtained the right to vote and be elected before some of their European sisters, thanks to the nation's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

"What we call femicide is actually murder of women who revolt against abuse and push for independence," says the We Will Stop Femicides Platform (WSF).