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The Istanbul Convention Can t Be Taken Away
Turkeyâs feminist movement has expanded and diversified in recent years â and may be further galvanised by President ErdoÄanâs sudden withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.
People participate in a protest against Turkey s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Ankara, March 20, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Cagla Gurdogan
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On March 20, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan issued a midnight decree withdrawing Turkey from the Istanbul Convention. The move prompted thousands of women across the country to take to the streets in what one activist described as the “need to get out there.”
For activists in Turkey, the headscarf is a women’s rights issue Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 14:36 IST
For a long time, the AKP has viewed headscarf-wearing women as loyalists, and in truth, many were. Representational image | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Turkey has a long history of pigeonholing women. Women who chose to cover their heads were labelled “backward” and uneducated while those who went uncovered represented the modern ideal of a woman bravely rejecting religious conservatism. The headscarf symbolized the battle between the forces of modernity and arch-conservatism. But for a new generation of women, it is as much a political statement about their rights as about their religion.