JINHA

ISTANBUL – After a 3:00 a.m. rape of a 19-year-old woman in Istanbul drew social media comments asking “why should a girl be out at that hour?” Istanbul women staged an action at 3:00 a.m. to declare that they would not abandon the streets.

Recently, a young woman was sexually assaulted and mugged in Istanbul while returning home at 3:00 a.m. in the Kadıköy district. However, the social media reaction was not criticism of the rapist. Instead, a Twitter poll critical of the woman went viral. The poll asked, “what business did she have out on the street at 3:00 a.m.?”

Women from Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the Avcılar district of the city gathered at 3:00 a.m. last night and opened a banner that read: “It’s 3:00 a.m. and we’re in the street. We stand against crimes against humanity every where, at every hour, in all conditions.” The women protested for their right to be in the streets.

(ck/gc/cm)