JINHA

RIHA – Through sit-ins and resistance, Urfa women successfully overcame the attacks of police trying to block their March 8 International Women's Day Celebration.

Women began to gather at Ali Şellî Park for a rally called by the Urfa Province Women's Platform when police attacked, claiming they were carrying "unlawful signs" and attempting to block the march. Police arrested three people, two of them children.

Hundreds of women revolted against the arrests, starting a sit-in that closed down Atatürk Boulevard in both directions for half an hour. After their sit-in successfully drove back the police, the women marched past the police barricade to the sound of erbane drums, shouting slogans in praise of the YPJ, PKK and PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

They headed to Topçu Square, where HazalKaçanspoke. Local artists performed and women danced traditional dances.

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