Will Turkey’s conservative young women abandon Erdogan and AKP? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Nazlan Ertan

Nazlan Ertan

Apr 7, 2023

Women chant slogans in front of the Istanbul courthouse in Istanbul on April 5, 2023, as We Will Stop Femicides Platform, leading women rights group in Turkey appear on court for the second hearing of the trial that seeks to ban the platform. — Women chant slogans in front of the Istanbul courthouse in Istanbul on April 5, 2023, as We Will Stop Femicides Platform, leading women rights group in Turkey appear on court for the second hearing of the trial that seeks to ban the platform. — BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images

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