Hundreds of women took to the streets of Istanbul on Saturday in a demonstration against violence and demands that they adhere to a conservative dress code, Sputnik Turkiye reported.
The women gathered for the start of the march in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul. They chanted slogans and carried props such as denim shorts in order to make their point.
#KıyafetimeKarışma dedik, karışamayacaksınız. Bugün 19.00'da Maçka Parkı'nda Havuz'da Çağla Köse için buluşuyoruz. Tüm kadınları bekliyoruz. pic.twitter.com/pSKucjPW8O
— Kıyafetime Karışma (@kiyafetekarisma) 30 июля 2017 г.
'We are going to gather again today,' the organizers wrote on Twitter.
"We will not obey, be silenced, be afraid. We will win through resistance," the demonstrators chanted.
After being harassed for wearing shorts women are fed up. They're out marching to say mind your own business not my dress#KıyafetimeKarışma pic.twitter.com/lM1s2GtSrx
— Selin Girit (@selingirit) 29 июля 2017 г.
The march, dubbed "Don't meddle with my clothes," was organized by women's rights activists after reports of women being attacked or harassed for their clothing.
#KıyafetimeKarışma diyen kadınlar: Her yer kadın her yer direniş pic.twitter.com/Thyia5PepD
— Gazete Şûjin (@GazeteSujin) 29 июля 2017 г.
'Women everywhere, struggle everywhere.'
In one incident last month, a young woman named Asena Melisa Saglam was attacked by a man on a bus in Istanbul because she was wearing shorts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Members of the LGBT community, whose planned gay pride parade in Istanbul was canceled in June, also joined the protest and flew rainbow flags.
Since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party came to power 15 years ago, the government has relaxed restrictions on the wearing of women's headscarves, which were imposed by more secular governments.
