WOMEN will take to the streets across Turkey on Monday in a firm stand against “patriarchal state violence,” with jailed political leaders calling for international networks of solidarity to be built.
Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yuksekdag sent her “heartfelt and passionate greetings and love” to all of those protesting against war, discrimination and violence.
Ms Yuksekdag, founder of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), has been in jail since November 2016 and faces the rest of her life behind bars on trumped-up terrorism charges.
She is seen as a threat to the Turkish state because, as an ethnic Turk, she represents a bridge between the Turkish and Kurdish communities, whose unity is feared by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Related Keywords

Istanbul , Turkey , Turkish , Turk , Ayla Akat Ata , Tayyip Erdogan , Figen Yuksekdag , People Democratic Party , Rosa Women Association , Istanbul Convention , Rosa Women Organisation , Party Of The Oppressed , Socialist Party , President Recep Tayyip , Rosa Women , Women 039s Rights , Hdp , இஸ்தான்புல் , வான்கோழி , துருக்கிய , துருக்கி , மக்கள் ஜனநாயக கட்சி , ரோசா பெண்கள் சங்கம் , இஸ்தான்புல் மாநாடு , ரோசா பெண்கள் ஆர்கநைஸேஶந் , கட்சி ஆஃப் தி ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட , சோசலிஸ்ட் கட்சி , ரோசா பெண்கள் , எச்டிபி ,