2018 Feminist Night March

TODAY on the March 8 calendar, we have a social media action! As March 8 approaches, every day is packed! Thursday, March 1: Social Media Action / Time: 17.45 / Hashtag: #8MarttaFeministİsyan Friday, March 2: Preparation Meeting / Time: 19.00 Saturday, March 3: Volunteer Meeting / Time: 13.00-14.30 + March 8 Banner Painting and Preparations / Time: 15:00- 19:00 Place:Feminist Mekan Sunday, March 4: March 8 Daytime Rally For the 16th #FeministGeceYürüyüşü on #8Mart, if you are joining the preparations too, fill out the form and that's enough: https://goo.gl/em3sjz 16th Feminist Night March facebook / twitter  

And here we go! #8Mart TOMORROW (February 22) - at 17.45 #Benim8MartSloganım is our hashtag on social media; THIS SATURDAY (February 24) - at 17.00 in the square with the Eagle Statue in Beşiktaş to distribute our leaflets; THIS SUNDAY (February 25) - from 14.00 to 18.00 we are at Feminist Mekan for the Slogan Workshop! *creating slogans: 14.00-15.30 / writing-painting placards: 16.00-18.00 ---- to participate, https://goo.gl/C3jKWn we would appreciate it if you filled out the form...*   Our countdown to the 16th #FeministGeceYürüyüşü on #8Mart has begun. We set off saying that for us #8Mart is not one day but every day. Our #8Mart calendar is quite full this week too... First, TOMORROW we have a social media action:   We begin posting TOMORROW at 17.45; we continue until March 8! We will write the slogans we gather through the hashtag on shared placards during the Slogan Workshop and preparations, hoping to expand our rebellion by enriching ourselves with one another's words... 16th Feminist Night March Facebook / Twitter   Suggestions submitted through the hashtag: I dyed my white collar purple, darling! I smash taboos; I don't touch the dishes We Don't Want Love That Kills! I personally weave the webs of my fate Raise your voices for the 45 Pregnant Prisoners, nearly 700 babies and 17 thousand women in prisons! We stand for life, not death! Tell that to my clitoris I shit on the way to a man's heart. Just when I'm about to be chaste, I burst out laughing Life starts at 12, sweetheart I didn't come from your rib; you came out of my vagina At least 3 orgasms a week What's this morality thing? I'll smother it with my breasts You kept saying family, family; you devoured our lives! Keep your family; let us have our lives! There is life outside the family; come, let's breathe! Keep your family; let us have our freedom! Peace, Justice, Freedom; Your mother is a witch, my child! We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn! We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn! On the night of March 8, tens of thousands of us women will be in Taksim. Let #Benim8MartSloganım be about embracing witchhood:) Never trust a prince! Even when you need a miracle, place all your hopes in the witch! we abandon neither the nights nor the streets nor the squares. we will not be imprisoned in homes! Still, love does not bow to bans! In the streets with love in all its forms, #Benim8MartSloganım: “Love does not heed heterosexism!” In this world where borders are drawn on our bodies; we insist on peace through women's solidarity that crosses borders.. neither “lady” nor “madam”: I am a woman, a woman Am I your slave? No! Which of us hasn't loved feminism like crazy Not a grave, nor a divorce ombudsman, a shelter! #Benim8MartSloganım: “We want life!” - in all its breadth.. We are women, not the family; we are in feminist rebellion! let Martians do the housework, WOMEN make the revolution! take your honor and your chastity and shove them! We don't want the wars fueled by patriarchy and capitalism! We want peace, we want tranquility; we defend life, not death! We do not fall, we are not afraid, we do not obey! equal pay for equal work! To solidarity for our rights, to struggle for equality! pull up your hair, Rapunzel; let the bastard use the stairs! I'm in rebellion, I'll be back! We are women, not the family; we are in feminist rebellion. We do not accept the institution of the family they try to squeeze us into! Women are women; your father is a flower! The decisions about our bodies are ours! Abortion is a right, the decision is Women's! Our eyelashes will never fall to the ground! We will not be the female bird that builds the nest. we will not be the back-page beauty. we will not be cheap workers in the factory we will not be home early in the evening just when I'm gonna be chaste I burst out laughing... We Existed! We Exist! We Will Exist! #Benim8MartSloganım Labor! Equality! Peace!

Since 2003, we feminists have come together at the Feminist Night March on March 8. The Feminist Night March, which we will hold for the 16th time this year, began with nearly a hundred women, reached tens of thousands in recent years, and became an expression of our collective rebellion. The Feminist Night March also has a special significance for us because it is now almost the only feminist action we hold every year. It is a space where we, as women who are organized or unorganized, who come in groups or individually, can feel we belong and articulate our feminist words directly without relegating them to second place; we place great importance on keeping it this way. In spaces other than the Feminist Night March, we mostly engage in platform-based politics and politics among constituent organizations; consequently there are various forms of representation and various groups on whose behalf these representatives speak. The Feminist Night March's difference is that, from the beginning, it has existed on principle as a space where we all speak in our own names and no representation, including that of independent feminist organizations, carries more political weight than a woman who has come on her own. It grew in this way, and thanks to this. In recent years, when holding mass actions has become difficult, the women's movement in general, and especially the increasingly crowded Feminist Night March, has been able to open up a different space. The most important reason we have been able to open this space is that we can articulate our feminist words without representing any organization and stand together as women without dividing by institution. In other words, what has made the Feminist Night March grow so much is that those who come, each group of friends, each woman who comes alone, know it is their own space, are certain they have a place there even if they belong to no organization, and can enter comfortably and join the crowd without having to wonder which contingent to join. We would like to remind everyone that the March 8 Daytime Rally, where we articulate our words separately through our political affiliations and carry our separate flags and banners, already exists, and we are glad it does. This year, at the 16th Feminist Night March, we will again meet behind our shared banner, with our placards bearing no organizational signatures. Of course everyone will bring the placards they have made at home, at school or at work, express their own rebellion however they express it, make the space colorful and walk closer to their own friends. But we hope not to face a situation where political organizations distinguish themselves very visibly, especially at the front of the march, creating an appearance of separate blocs; where a different political message or a particular organization is made visible almost in front of the leading banner, overshadowing feminist words; where women joining the march are given the feeling of a situation they cannot enter, that does not belong to them (and we know this has happened before). To this end, as the women who have come together to organize this year's Feminist Night March, we address all women who are organized: We have created, are creating, and hope to continue creating the Feminist Night March as an independent feminist space, which of course also has organized participants. We hope you will show solidarity with us in maintaining these principles.

A call to women and trans people; In the 16th year of the March 8 Feminist Night March, we will once again be in Taksim. Since last March 8, we have continued living under the state of emergency, facing attempts to discipline us through war, and enduring attacks on women that increase day by day. While the Directorate of Religious Affairs continues to occupy more space in our lives every day, we see excuses being sought at full speed to legitimize attacks on girls. Events we organize as LGBTI+ people are banned; they want to leave us no room to breathe. But to share the breath we find in women's solidarity and women's struggle, to come together and draw strength from one another, we will meet at the March 8 Feminist Night March again this year. Every year before March 8, we hold a series of meetings to organize the march, take responsibility and share the work. As feminists who want to organize this March 8 together, we meet at Feminist Mekan on Friday evening, February 2, at 19.00.

The history of the women’s movement as we know it stretches back over a century. Where there is oppression, there has always been resistance – and though their names often fall outside the confines of history women too have always resisted, laid claim to their own lives. Today, as thousands of women right here and millions of women all over the world, we stop, stand, and take note. What we see all around are the desperate thrashes of misogyny, racism and fascism. We are face to face with a system that is seeking out ways of exploiting our labour, sexuality and bodies by placing the burden of all the care work in the world upon our shoulders, trying to control our fertility, forcing us to live under conditions of inequality both materially and immaterially, acting as if there’s but one sexual orientation and two gender identities in existence, subjecting us to violence so as to “bring us into line”, sexually harassing and abusing children, handing our lives over to patriarchal and religious institutions, first drawing borders/boundaries then deciding when violations of these are to be considered legitimate, and resorting to weapons whenever unable to establish its dominance. The system in question is a patriarchal system which excludes women from decision-making mechanisms and imposes upon us a life that is not of our own choice. Saying we’ve had enough is beyond redundant. It’s been ‘enough’ for quite a long time now. In fact, it’s been enough since the very beginning. We have not gathered here today to call upon this system, but rather because we are proposing a path against it. Through feminism, we are resisting, struggling and rising up against this order, which has been trying to tame us using fear, violence, war, sweet words, the ‘family myth’, and much else. We started out by dreaming of another world; and we know that building this world is only possible together, with solidarity. So we say: Long live feminism, long live our feminist struggle!

More than a hundred years have now passed in the history of the women's movement. If there is oppression, it will be met by enduring resistance. Women have always resisted, even when their names were not included in history; they claimed their lives. We women stand and see across the world today that there are still manifestations of deception, racism and fascism. There is a system trying to exploit our labor, our sexuality and our bodies by loading all the world's care work onto our shoulders, in an attempt to control our fertility. It condemns us to inequality in material and immaterial ways, trying to limit our sexual orientation to one and our gender identities to two only, by trying to subject us to violence and “bring us into line.” Abusing children, handing our lives over to patriarchal and religious institutions by drawing boundaries and determining which actions constitute violations of those boundaries, or possessing weapons to use when their power does not work. There is an age-old system that excludes us from decision-making mechanisms and imposes a life we do not want. It has been “enough” for a very long time; we do not need to say “enough” anymore. It has been “enough” since the beginning. We have not gathered here today to sing the praises of this system; rather, we have gathered because we propose a way

The history of women's resistance as we know it spans centuries. Where there is oppression, there will always be resistance. Even though their names were not recorded in history, women have always resisted and claimed their lives. Today, we thousands of women here and millions throughout the world stand and see. We see the flailing of misogyny, racism and fascism confronting us. Every day, to exploit our labor, our sexuality and our bodies, they load the burden of the whole world onto us, bring our childbearing under control, condemn us to unequal conditions, act as though there is only one sexual orientation and two genders, inflict violence to bring us “into line,” lay hands on children, hand our lives over to male-dominated and religious institutions, draw the boundaries of life with their own hands and keep the right to violate those boundaries in their own hands; when their domination falters a little, they immediately draw their weapons. The ruling male-dominated order keeps women outside decision-making mechanisms and imposes a life we do not want. To say “Enough already” is now out of place. It has been enough for a long time. It has been enough since the beginning. We have not gathered to call upon the system; we are here to propose a path to them. Against the system that wants to discipline us through violence, force, war, sweet words and the story of the family, we struggle through feminism, resist and rise in rebellion. We began by imagining another world, and we know this dream will be realized through togetherness and solidarity. Long live Feminism, Long live Feminist Struggle.

The history of women's struggle as we know it stretches back over a century. Where there is oppression, resistance endures; even if their names do not fit into history, women have always resisted and claimed their lives. Today, we thousands of women here and millions of women everywhere in the world stand and see. We see the flailing of misogyny, racism and fascism confronting us. There is an order that every day seeks ways to exploit our labor, sexuality and bodies: by dumping all the world's care labor on us; trying to control our fertility; condemning us to materially and emotionally unequal conditions; acting as though there is only one sexual orientation and just two gender identities; subjecting us to violence to bring us “into line”; harassing children; handing our lives over to male-dominated and religious institutions; drawing the boundaries itself and deciding itself when violating them is legitimate; reaching for its weapons when it cannot establish its power. There is a male-dominated order that excludes women from decision-making mechanisms and imposes on us a life we do not want. To say “enough already” is utterly beside the point. It has been enough for a long time. It has been enough from the very beginning. We have gathered here today not to address this order, but because we propose a path against it. Through feminism, we resist, struggle and rebel against the order that tries to discipline us with fear, violence, war, sweet talk and the fairy tale of the family. We began by imagining another world; we know building it is possible together, through solidarity. Long live feminism, long live feminist struggle!

SLOGANS FOR PLACARDS – FEMINIST NIGHT 2018 Long live March 8! Long live our feminist struggle! Long live, long live March 8! Long live women's solidarity! Not alone, strong together! Women together, strong together! Join the call for the international women's strike!!!!! Not one more of us will be lost! Join the call, join the call, join the women's strike! Raise, raise, raise the voice of rebellion! Women, stop work on March 8! On strike for life, we are in rebellion! Men, go home to look after children Men, go home to cook Men, go home to iron Women, to the streets to be free! Cinderella, don't go to the ball; on March 8, come to the square! Men are indebted to us! Leave the housework, let the world stop! Let the house go to shit! There's nothing to eat in the fridge, there's rebellion in the streets! We are women, not the family; we are in feminist rebellion! Invisible labor, raise your voice! Laundry gets dirty, dishes get dirty; let him not think you're his slave: if he dirtied it, let him wash it! NO to male violence NO to harassment and rape NO to sexual abuse NO to those trying to legitimize abuse NO to war NO to lies NO to death NO to decree laws NO to those handing social policy over to the Directorate of Religious Affairs NO to those making the mufti responsible for establishing and protecting the family NO to hatred NO to homophobia NO to those turning a deaf ear to our voices and decisions NO to those making us regret loving NO to those exploiting our labor at home, at work, everywhere NO to those making life unbearable for us NO to those trying to shut us up at home NO to those drawing the boundaries of our lives with the family NO to those extracting consent through threats NO MEANS NO; NO MEANS NO WHEN I SAY “NO,” IT MEANS NO; IN HARASSMENT CASES, THE WOMAN'S TESTIMONY IS THE BASIS Jesca Nankabirwa HERE Violet Nantaba HERE Çağla Joker HERE Değer Deniz HERE Hande Kader HERE Emani El-Rahman HERE Özgecan Aslan HERE Nalan Bayar HERE NOT COINCIDENCE, BUT MALE VIOLENCE Sevim Zarif HERE Ayşe Yılbaş HERE Meryem Yılmaz HERE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS, BUT MALE VIOLENCE Nevin, Yasemin, Çilem, Semra are our rebellion! Our lives are ours; keep your family! We are not silent, we are not afraid, we do not obey! Woman, life, freedom Prevent murder, not divorce! We abandon neither the nights nor the streets nor the squares The world would shake if women were free; we will shake the world! We do not obey men!! We do not obey patriarchy!! We do not obey the AKP!! We do not obey husbands, fathers or bosses!! AKP, take your hands off my body! State, take your hands off my life Nurseries are a loss to the public purse; whose interests does the Directorate of Religious Affairs serve? Murders of trans people are political! Real justice, not male justice! Prince on a white horse, don't bother coming! I've lost my honor and won't find it; I won't be anyone's honor! Love, Love, Freedom; Keep Hatred Away! Women are resisting everywhere! Women's anger crosses borders! Don't give me roses, give me peace; just stay out of my way! Civil marriage is not the mufti's job! Social services are not the mufti's job! Women do not want war! We insist, insist on peace! Raise, raise, raise the voice of peace! No to war, peace right now! We stand for life, not death! End male and state violence Women's bodies are not battlefields! Let the guns fall silent, peace right now! Funds for sustaining life, not war! Funds for shelters, not war! Raise your voice for peace, stop war! Women do not want war, they want peace! Long live women's struggle I come home whenever I want (chant leader) ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) OUR LABOR, OUR BODIES, OUR IDENTITIES BELONG TO US! Get used to #No, gentlemen! Don't watch violence, intervene! You spoke of laughter and chastity, you massacred women. You spoke of innate nature and fits of madness, you massacred women. Men hit, the state protects. Men's love kills women We don't want love that kills! Femicides Are Political Shout So Everyone Hears, Let Male Violence End There is murder in marriage! Men kill The judiciary protects The media whitewashes MEN, JUDICIARY, MEDIA: DO NOT FORM AN ALLIANCE! Don't be silent, shout out: lesbians exist Whose morality is public morality No is not a word but a sentence; if I say no, it means no. If I say “jerk,” I mean jerk. Male state, what's your problem? This is all feminist rebellion No, I mean, feminism in general After 12, all pumpkins are feminist Long live sister-lovers Burn the bras “No” does not mean convince me; “no” means no Against fascism, girls, get scissoring Which of us hasn't loved feminism like crazy Under emergency rule, in this state, struggle in any case Feminist laughter against the male mindset Honor is your curse; life is our right Masculinity is something that can shrink Sorry, patriarchy, you've reached the end of your allotted time The women you are trying to reach are currently unavailable…. Did you think feminists would be silent? We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn I prefer the woman superhero My cleavage does not mean consent If a man can ruin the world, why can't a woman change it Or are you still not a feminist? My arms ache from holding this placard for years Feminism central, everyone behave Feminist everyone behave, central Anonymous feminists exist Honor, morality, modesty, mother: ugh, enough of you Don't humor him, go get laid A magnificent view, no need to explain, you can see it Come on, get divorced, let's mingle, girl Çakkıdı çakkıdı, let's fool around, girl If only you'd see this no of mine now, believe me, it would blow your mind I'm an incorrigible feminist Consensual relationships between adults are neither a crime nor a sin!! I will be neither profit for the boss nor sweetheart for a man! You got divorced; weren't we there for you? I'll come to your divorce hearing, not your wedding I'll pin a quarter gold coin on you when you divorce If you love with all your heart, divorce your husband and come Black-eyed peas in the gardens, the bride and sister-in-law run away Zero tolerance for patriarchy Be ashamed of the blood on your hands, not menstrual blood Make love, not war! Make lots of love! Beware! “Romance” can turn into abuse and violence! I am a single woman carrying on with my child. Bitch is in, acceptable is out! Bitchiness is in, ladylike niceness is out! I'm not frigid, I don't want you! Your questioning of my sexuality has been blocked by a feminist decision! Shhh shhh, calm down! Keep your masculinity under control! Life without men is possible Your other sock is where you left it! Do I have to marry to live with my lover? You can't fire me for giving birth! Dear Ahmet, what's for dinner tonight? “You didn't kiss me; I woke up!” Princesses Çilem and Yasemin are now free. Nevin is next! They said have children and a career too; they lied to me. Men of the world, unite; wash your own laundry! Mehmet, cook it yourself, eat it yourself! Migrant women, let's cross borders, stand in solidarity together! Come, let's be equal together, earn equal pay for equal work. Beds and streets are more beautiful woman to woman Neither mufti nor municipality! I can live without marriage too, what's it to you! Move an arm's length away! Dad, leave my mother alone! A room of her own for every woman. The problem is not your dick, but your “BECAUSE” Love doesn't forgive everything! I shudder inside: what if he doesn't leave me! Leave that man, let the world stop! Feminist rebellion for the value of our labor! Feminism keeps you sober. As you say at least 3 children, at least 3 women are murdered! Feminist rebellion every day relieves anxiety. It's not because I'm on my period; you're driving me crazy! No woman has an orgasm because the kitchen floor shines! Men want to protect women! From whom? From men!!! Not every woman is straight! Patriarchy is always gray; we are all colors! You're not my half, you're my beloved! If a husband were lovely, he'd be called a rosebud! Sexist jokes aren't funny! Don't rescue me, Romeo; I'll go myself! I'm not going to ask anyone what to say yes to! I've got that covered, darling! Be a slut, do as you please! Let things get awkward; I'm tired of protecting your fragile masculinity! Male violence rises from slaughterhouses! Masculinity has plenty of excuses, no “what's it to me”! Women's talk is political. Liberation is not at the last stop. You can get off at any stop! Funds for shelters, not weapons! He can't look after himself, but becomes the Minister responsible for us! Silence is not yes, nor is a smile an invitation Those drawing countries' borders are always men. A coincidence? Half this population has been menstruating for millennia. (confirmed fact) I bleed every month; you can't pretend not to know!! Public morality is so outdated, sweetie I'll burn you too, and the food! The family is not sacred He can't get up and fetch his own glass of tea, but says he'll come to March 8 Roam. Rub. Slut. We rubbed and had fun! Consensual sex isn't a crime; harassment and rape are! With feminist solidarity, I don't need the support of a bra! Masculinity is a “jammer” of women's solidarity! Come to the streets! The streets are beautiful with women! There's no danger in the streets, there are men! What was that man doing there at that hour? Motherhood is not a career, your family is not my destiny I live whatever I want to live. What's it to anyone? I won't learn womanhood from you! Erkeğibırakabilirsiniz.org That gold belongs to the bride and sister-in-law! Say no once, the rest will follow A woman's place is wherever she wants to be! I'm a feminist; what's your superpower? Not your mother, wife or daughter; I am a woman! You've tried dieting, exercise and therapy to be happy. What about lesbianism? Feminism took off. Orgasms and more orgasms! Our lives are ours, our rebellion is feminism! If we say stop, the world stops! My strength is in myself, my rebellion is in feminism! Have you ever exchanged glances with her? Love your vagina! The wages we earn are not “support for the family,” but compensation for our labor! We don't want to be unpaid workers at home and earn unequal wages at work! We are ending thousands of years of patriarchy in this century! Now it's time for my rebellion, mufti I won't fall for you, mufti! Every early death has a male cause!

SLOGAN LIST – FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH 2018 Long live March 8! Long live our feminist struggle! Long live, long live March 8! Long live women's solidarity! Not alone, strong together! Women together, strong together!   Our life (chant leader) ---- feminism (crowd) Our rebellion (chant leader) ---- feminism (crowd) Our struggle (chant leader) ---- feminism (crowd) Long live our feminist struggle! WORLD: Join the call for the international women's strike!!!!! Not one more of us will be lost, not one more of us will be lost! Long live our feminist struggle! Join the call, join the call, join the women's strike! Raise, raise, raise the voice of rebellion! Women, stop work on March 8! On strike for life, we are in rebellion! Men, go home to look after children Men, go home to cook Men, go home to iron Women, to the streets to be free! SUNG, SORT OF: Cinderella, don't go to the ball; on March 8, come to the square! Shhh shhh, calm down! Keep your masculinity under control! Patriarchy is always gray; we are all colors! Patriarchy will go, we will stay! Leave the housework, let the world stop! Leave that man, let the world stop! Let the house go to shit! There's nothing to eat in the fridge, there's rebellion in the streets! We are women, not the family; we are in feminist rebellion! Laundry gets dirty, dishes get dirty; let him not think you're his slave: if he dirtied it, let him wash it! The world would shake if women were free; we will shake the world! To raise our voices for all women who claim their lives, stand in solidarity and hold one another's hands, like the bride and sister-in-law who ran away to build a life far from male violence and oppression: Black-eyed peas in the gardens / the bride and sister-in-law run away! We abandon neither the nights nor the streets nor the squares Let the father come, let the husband come, let the state come, let the baton come; rebellion in defiance, rebellion in defiance, freedom in defiance! THE NO'S: To male violence (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To harassment, rape (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To sexual abuse (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those trying to legitimize abuse (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To war (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To lies (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To death (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To decree laws (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those handing social policy over to the Directorate of Religious Affairs (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those making the mufti responsible for establishing and protecting the family (chant leader) – NO To hatred (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To homophobia (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To transphobia (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To the isolation of trans prisoners (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those turning a deaf ear to our voices and decisions (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those making us regret loving (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those exploiting our labor at home, at work, everywhere (chant leader) ------NO (crowd) To those making life unbearable for us (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those trying to shut us up at home (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those forcing us into new yeses every day (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those drawing the boundaries of our lives with the family (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those extracting consent through threats (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) To those equating consensual sexuality with abuse (chant leader) ----- NO (crowd) NO MEANS NO; NO MEANS NO Ha ha ha – NO! Ha ha ha NO! WHEN I SAY “NO,” IT MEANS NO; IN HARASSMENT CASES, THE WOMAN'S TESTIMONY IS THE BASIS THE HERE'S: Pippa Bacca ------------------ here Fatmanur Çelik ------------------ here Çağla Joker ----------------------- here Sevim Başar ------------------------ here Değer Deniz ----------------------- here Hande Kader ---------------------- here Violet Nantaba ------------------- here Emani El-Rahman ---------------- here Özgecan Aslan ---------------- here Nalan Bayar ---------------- here NOT COINCIDENCE, BUT MALE VIOLENCE Sevim Zarif ------------------ here Ayşe Yılbaş ------------------ here Güldünya Tören ------------------ here Ayşe Paşalı ------------------ here Meryem Yılmaz ------------------ here NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS, BUT MALE VIOLENCE We raise our voices, saying that all women who defend their lives against male violence are our rebellion! Raise your voice for Nevin Yıldırım! Raise your voice for Yasemin Çakal! Raise your voice for Çilem Doğan! Raise your voice for Semra Özata! Raise your voice for Aylin Işık! GENERAL: Our bodies, ------ OURS! Our lives ----- OURS! Our decisions ----- OURS! The streets ----- OURS! The nights ----- OURS! The squares ----- OURS! Our lives are ours; keep your family! We are not silent, we are not afraid, we do not obey! Woman, life, freedom Prevent murder, not divorce! Invisible labor, raise your voice! Men----(crowd) We do not obey!! Patriarchy ----(crowd) We do not obey!! The AKP ---- (crowd) We do not obey!! Husbands, fathers, bosses---- (crowd) We do not obey!! WE ARE NOT SILENT, WE ARE NOT AFRAID, WE DO NOT OBEY! AKP, take your hands off my body! State, take your hands off my life Murders of trans people are political! Real justice, not male justice! The streets are ours (chant leader) ---- did you think they were yours? (crowd) The nights are ours (chant leader) ---- did you think they were yours? (crowd) The squares are ours (chant leader) ---- did you think they were yours? (crowd) Our lives are ours (chant leader) ---- did you think they were yours? (crowd) WE ABANDON NEITHER THE NIGHTS NOR THE STREETS NOR THE SQUARES! Prince on a white horse, don't bother coming! I've lost my honor and won't find it; I won't be anyone's honor! Love, Love, Freedom; Keep Hatred Away! Women are resisting everywhere! Women's anger crosses borders! Don't give me roses, give me peace; just stay out of my way! Civil marriage is not the mufti's job! Social services are not the mufti's job! Neither mufti nor municipality! I can live without marriage too, what's it to you! I can't stand lies, mufti I won't fall for you, mufti Now it's time for my rebellion, mufti I won't fall for you, mufti! Roam. Rub. Slut. We rubbed and had fun! FOR PEACE: Women do not want war! We insist, insist on peace! Raise, raise, raise the voice of peace! No to war, peace right now! We stand for life, not death! Women's bodies are not battlefields! Funds for sustaining life, not war! Funds for shelters, not war! Funds for shelters, not weapons! Raise your voice for peace, stop war! Women do not want war, they want peace! Long live women's unity. Long live women's struggle. THE WHAT'S IT TO YOU'S: I come home whenever I want (chant leader) ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I wear a miniskirt ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I live with girls and boys ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I live with other women ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I get pregnant and do not give birth ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I get pregnant and have an abortion ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I cover my head or uncover it ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I don't marry, I get pregnant ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I do housework if I want to, or don't ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I have sex if I want to, and don't if I don't ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I wear shorts ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) I divorce ---- WHAT'S IT TO YOU (crowd) OUR LABOR, OUR BODIES, OUR IDENTITIES BELONG TO US! Get used to no, gentlemen, get used to no, gentlemen! MALE VIOLENCE: Don't watch violence, intervene! You spoke of laughter and chastity, you massacred women. You spoke of innate nature and fits of madness, you massacred women. Men hit, the state protects. Femicides Are Political Shout So Everyone Hears, Let Male Violence End Men's love (chant leader)---- kills women (crowd) We don't want love that kills (crowd) In marriage (chant leader) ---- there is murder (crowd) PREVENT MURDER, NOT DIVORCE! Men ------------- kill The judiciary ------------- protects The media ----------- whitewashes MEN, JUDICIARY, MEDIA: DO NOT FORM AN ALLIANCE! RAISE YOUR VOICE – REBELLION/FEMINIST REBELLION or “we are in feminist rebellion”! Raise your voice against male domination Raise your voice against sexism Raise your voice against transphobia Raise your voice against homophobia Raise your voice against militarism Raise your voice against capitalism Raise your voice against patriarchy Raise your voice against labor exploitation Raise your voice against war Raise your voice against sexual abuse Raise your voice against violence, Raise your voice against harassment, Raise your voice against rape Raise your voice against the massacre of women (“rebellioooon”/ “feminist rebellioooon”/ “we are in feminist rebellion” can also be said instead of “raise your voice”) Long live women's solidarity! LGBTI+: Don't be silent, shout out: lesbians exist Don't be silent, shout out: gay people exist Don't be silent, shout out: trans people exist Ayşe must be able to love Fatma, Emel to love Sibel / They must be able to love one another Whose morality is public morality To hell, to hell, to hell with your morality Where are you, my love – I'm here, my love!

FRONT: Femicides, child abuse, harassment, rape All are male violence! BACK: Long live feminist struggle! FRONT:Not isolated incidents, not coincidence, certainly not illness or perversion: MALE VIOLENCE! BACK: Long live our feminist struggle! FRONT: The Directorate of Religious Affairs, muftis, theologians everywhere Where are equality and freedom? BACK: Get used to it, LGBTI+ people are here! FRONT: Keep hatred, fascism and militarism away! Long live women's solidarity! BACK: Long live our feminist struggle FRONT:Patriarchy will go, we will stay! BACK: Long live our feminist struggle! FRONT:Those wanting to prevent divorce should abolish the institution of marriage BACK: As women grow poorer, the Directorate of Religious Affairs grows richer FRONT: My sexuality is not a crime; your bans are violence BACK: ARABIC TO COME FRONT: The money flowing into war comes out of women's pockets BACK: Long live our feminist resistance! FRONT: Care services at home, unequal pay at work Men steal our lives BACK: Men who steal labor FRONT: The women's organizations closed under the state of emergency are here! Women's solidarity is everywhere! BACK: Long live feminist struggle! FRONT: The sick, disabled, children, elderly: why do women look after everyone? What use are men? BACK: Long live our feminist struggle!

To buy from Eminönü: - banner fabric and shiny fabric - some decorations - thick cord (there are purple needles at the venue) - plastic wrap - glitter cardboard (perhaps buy fluorescent colored cardboard too if you find it; I once bought some from Üsküdar and brought it, it shone beautifully at night) - plain cardboard - perhaps colored pens etc. for decorating placards Materials that can be bought from Karaköy or Taksim: - brushes (fine and medium size) (apparently available at the stationery shops behind the fish market) - tinting color tubes (from the hardware store) (hardware store) - large-size white water-based white paint, extra-large garbage bags x2, medium-size garbage bags x2. (these can be bought at the hardware store on the venue's street) The microphone and megaphone batteries we will buy when we go to Karaköy with Ayşe to buy a wireless microphone. By the way, shall we buy one microphone? Tape, a stapler and staples, black paint and several kinds of colored paint are available at our venue :) In short, if someone buys the items in the middle section with the brushes, tinting color tubes etc., all our needs will have been met..

1- Chant leaders (there are 12 megaphones + sound equipment) 2- Person to push the sound vehicle at the front (1 person) 3- If we carry the feminist symbol with the fist, for the illuminated banner and its battery (2 people) 4- Those holding the front banner (let's designate 10 people) 5- Press cordon at the front (shall we say 15 people, though many of our people will already step in here) 6- Foam-board placards (15 to 30 people) 7- If we make a balloon banner (2-3 people) 8- Those taking flags to the gathering place and distributing them (also ensuring they are at the front) (4 people) 9- Those taking placards to the gathering place and distributing them (3-5 people) 10- If we hang a large banner (3 people) 11- Filming and posting for social media (2-3 people) 12- Distributing whistles and decorations (2-3 people) 13- Selling badges (5 people) 14- Reading the greeting to the strike (1 person) 15- Reading the press statement (1 person) 16- Running electricity at Tünel, setting up the sound equipment with its stand (2 people) 17- March stewards (as many as possible? - seems like around 4 are needed at the front) 18- Party door volunteers (by time slot) 19- Liaison with the police 21- Selling badges at the party (2 people) 22- Taking the main banner to the gathering place (1 person) SOME MAY BE THE SAME PEOPLE AS ABOVE, but in case someone has to leave early (e.g. the party committee): 23- Those collecting the foam-board placards and bringing them to the venue (2 people) 24- Those collecting flags and bringing them to the venue (2 people) 25- Those collecting placards and bringing them to the venue (2 people) 26- Those ensuring the megaphones reach the venue (everyone is responsible for their own megaphone, but someone should track this too, 1-2 people) 27- Collecting the main banner and bringing it to the venue (1 person)

THIS SUNDAY, for #8Mart #FeministGeceYürüyüşü, we have our Slogan Workshop ! You filled out the form to say you would like to join; we are so pleased. We share the time and address details and the call below: Date: Sunday, February 25 / Place: Feminist Mekan; Katip Çelebi Mah. Tel Sk. No: 20/3, Beyoğlu Time: 14.00-15.30 creating slogans / 16.00-18.00 writing and painting what we create. You can attend the whole workshop or either of its two parts... Our rebellion, our joy, our words and our music are too great to fit onto or be expressed by a single banner. We have so much to say against interference with our bodies and the exploitation of our labor; the disciplining of our sexuality and the setting of time limits on our presence in the streets; interference with our laughter, clothes and sexual orientation; even the film we watch getting under patriarchy's skin! We want to be together and write on our placards whatever irritates us, angers us and makes us say “enough already.” Together, with defiant laughter, with solidarity, woman *to woman… We have colorful cardboard, pens and paints. If you also bring alternative materials you might want to use, our slogans will grow richer together... 16th Feminist Night March

We are going through hard times. Every corner of the world is in the grip of rising conservatism and misogyny. Cries of war ring out, xenophobia increases every day. Every kind of means is tried to attack women's reproductive rights and right to life; the existence of LGBTI+ people is not tolerated. Even looking at what has happened in Turkey since last March 8 is depressing enough. The male violence we face every day at home, at work and in the streets. Every day, news of another case of sexual abuse, and in response a government trying to pass laws to provide excuses for sexual abuse, seeing the way to prevent femicides as preventing divorce to trap women even further and make them internalize inequality. We are surrounded by misogynists who make it their business to concern themselves with our shorts, skirts and how tight our trousers are. They want us both to work like slaves and not to leave home more than necessary; they want us to agree to everything they say. They even want us not to take a breath they do not want us to take. There is a Directorate of Religious Affairs, with its enormous budget and authority, that has entered the very heart of our lives and occupies every space. While the budget flows into the Directorate and war, our labor is exploited at home and at work and we are forced to provide care services for pennies. As life becomes more expensive, we are increasingly impoverished; through unemployment or its threat, we are made more dependent on and beholden to all kinds of insecure work and to certain men under the name of the family. They steal from us: from our pockets, from our lives. If we can carry on amid all this, it is thanks to women's solidarity that connects us to life, lets us breathe and gives us the strength to continue; thanks to feminism that crosses borders and reminds us another world is possible. Our feminist rebellion and struggle connect us to one another and to life. In defiance of male domination, which grows stronger by trying to turn us against one another and sanctifying dying/killing, we draw from one another both hope and the strength to sustain life and resist. In these hard days we become a breath for one another, opening spaces in which to breathe. Feminism offers us a method that shows us inequalities in every area, even among ourselves, and proposes an alternative. Through one another's stories we learn our differences and commonalities. In one another's stories we see that what oppresses us is not a few bad-hearted men but a whole vast system, and that the sexism we face wears masks suited to each woman's differences. Now is the time to expand this struggle, this rebellion, to claim our lives. Our life, our struggle, our rebellion is feminism! For the 16th #FeministGeceYürüyüşü on #8Mart, we are in Taksim at 19.30! We meet in front of the French Cultural Center…