Women take to Istanbul streets to protest government's policies

Record ID: 401426

  • Title: Women take to Istanbul streets to protest government's policies
  • Date: 8th March 2017
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WOMEN GATHERED IN ISTANBUL'S ISTIKLAL STREET WAVING PURPLE FLAGS WOMEN HOLDING PLACARDS WOMAN BLOWING A WHISTLE VARIOUS OF WOMAN PLAYING TAMBOURINE ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 8, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) WOMEN HOLDING UP BANNERS AND FLAGS WOMEN CHANTING (Kurdish): "WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM" VARIOUS OF WOMEN DEMONSTRATING V
  • Embargoed: 22nd March 2017 18:53
  • Keywords: Turkey women rally international women's day rights Istanbul
  • Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001673P2KN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Around 2,000 women filled Istanbul's central Istiklal street on Wednesday (March 8) to denounce the government's policies.
    The march was a part of wider demonstrations that took place across Turkey this week to mark the International Women's Day and raise awareness about women's rights.
    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a devout Sunni in the patriarchal Muslim majority nation, has in the past been criticised by women's groups for failing to speak out more against domestic violence, and for saying he did not believe in equality of the sexes.
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