Istanbul

As in previous years, the government banned the Feminist Night March that has been historically held at Taksim Square on İstiklal Avenue. Women and LGBTI+s met at a nearby point despite the heavy blockade.

The main banner of the demonstration read, "We are angry, we are in rage, we are in feminist revolt against patriarchal capitalist destruction."

Ankara

In the capital, women gathered on Sakarya Street, but their march was prevented by the police. Women chanted the slogans of "government resign," "Women don't want war," "Murder not fate," "You will never walk alone."

Diyarbakır

Women in the southeastern Diyarbakır province were blockaded by the police at two different points. They were not allowed to march and not allowed to disperse after the sit-in protest.

During the police blockade, women chanted slogans of "Jin, jiyan, azadî (Women, life, freedom in Kurdish)," "Barricade not for women but for murderers", "We are not silent, we are not afraid, we do not obey," "Amedspor is not alone," and "Government resign." 

Protestors who could not leave the blockade lit candles for the women who lost their lives in the Kahramanmaraş-based earthquakes and for the women who lost their lives due to violence of men.

The women's civil initiative Peace Mothers also took part in the protest in Diyarbakır.