"Being a woman in Şırnak"

“In this region, if one has 250 Liras or a color television to sell to the old men, it is difficult to be not only a woman but a human being in general.”

From a letter sent to the Turkish Federation of Women’s Associations, referring to the practice of selling women. There are shocking reminders like this in the Turkish press several times a week that Atatürk's vision of equality for women is far from realized.