Turkish police used pepper spray to disperse a group of demonstrators as a march to celebrate International Women’s Day ended in the city center. Istanbul.
Women whistled and screamedWe are not silent, we are not afraid, we are not submissive“, as they pushed the BAT shields.
The police did not allow the crowd to march through the city center after local authorities issued a statement that they would not allow marches, demonstrations. Local metro stations have been closed since noon.
“Government resign,” the crowd chanted during the demonstration. “We are in anger, we are in mourning, we are in a feminist riot,” read a large banner held by the protesters.
The march was organized just over two months before the crucial Turkish elections and just over a month after the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey that killed more than 52,000 people.
Source: APE-MPE-Reuters
Source: Kathimerini
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