Turkish Women Blow Whistle on Rights Crackdown
By Jennifer Hattam
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Renewed debate over abortion rights in Turkey has women wondering whether gender equality is being left behind as the country seeks to position itself as a model for the Middle East.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (WOMENSENEWS)--Beating drums and blowing whistles, hundreds of women marched last month on Istanbul's central Taksim Square, in one of dozens of rallies that have been held around the country to protest a new threat to reproductive rights.
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