JINHA

MÊRDÎN – A new women's academy named after Kurdish woman revolutionary Sakine Cansız has been opened in Northern Kurdistan in the city of Nusaybin, in Mardin province.

The crowd marched to the opening from the Mitanni Cultural Center.

"During the 90s, they tortured and raped hundreds of Kurdish women in order to break their struggle," said Perihan Ağaoğlu, the co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) for Mardin province. "However, the fight of Kurdish women has started playing a leading role in the Middle East and the whole world."

The Congress of Free Women (KJA) held an opening ceremony for thousands, at which Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) politicians attended. Members of the Mitanni Cultural Center performed for the occasion.

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