Within the scope of March 8, the "International Women's Day and Turkish Women" event was held on Instagram and Facebook with the moderation of Lecturer Buse Kerigan, and the participation of Assist Prof. Dr. A. Yüksel BARUT, Vice Dean of Faculty Of Health Sciences.
Lecturer Buse Kerigan stated that the meeting was held to talk about International Women's Day and Turkish Women following the meaning and importance of the day, and left the floor to the guest Assist Prof. Dr. A. Yüksel BARUT, Vice Dean of Faculty Of Health Sciences, to hear about the history of the day.
Assist Prof. Dr. A. Yüksel BARUT said, “First of all, I would like to start my words by commemorating all our martyrs who gave this flag its color and shed their blood. I also wish patience to their relatives and our nation. If you don't mind, I would like to continue with Nazım Hikmet's ‘Woman’ poem." He continued his speech with "When we look at the history of the International Women's Day, the first date we come across is March 8, 1857, in New York. On this date, women workers and laborers whose labor were exploited in weaving factories in America started a strick. They faced the strong reaction of the police, and they retreat to their factories. Meanwhile, a fire broke out in the factory where these women are closed, the cause of which was unknown or known but never explained. On that day, unfortunately, young women and laborers, mostly immigrants between the ages of 15-25, lost their lives. After these incidents, many developments have happened. The voice of women has started being permanent with some women's marches for the anniversary of this sad event. The commemoration of the deaths of 129 working women on 18 March 1857 was brought up for the first time at the ‘International Socialist Women's Conference’ in Copenhagen on 26-27 August 1910. On this occasion, "International Women's Day" had begun to be commemorated. However, a specific date was not set. Then, the ‘Paris International Women's Day’ was held on March 18, 1911. The protection of the rights of working women was brought up once again. Decisions were made to celebrate the day, but again, no date was specified. Later, in 1921, March 8 was set as the date at the ‘Moscow III. International Women's Conference’. After that decision, it started to be celebrated as ‘March 8, International Working Women's Day’ for the first time in 1922. On December 16, 1977, the United Nations decided to celebrate March 8 as International Women's Day, after the period from 1857 to 1977. However, there is an interesting situation here. The United Nations made no mention of the events that took place on and after March 8, 1857, as a reason for the commemoration of March 8. It is like they had a favor for women and let the 8 March be International Women's Day. Such a decision was made by ignoring all the efforts and lost lives of women in history. When you look at the history of the day, there is such a situation."
Continuing his speech with how the place of Turkish women in society has changed from past to present, "The ‘Turkish Working Women's Day’ was celebrated for the first time on March 8, 1921. In 1975, it was declared ‘United Nations World Woman Year’ and the period between 1975-1985 was accepted as ‘10 Year of Women’. ‘Women's Year Conference’ was held on March 8, 1975, for the first time in Turkey. Unfortunately, Women's Day was not celebrated between 1980-1984 due to the coup commands. ‘International Women's Day XII. International Women's Congress’ was held in Istanbul on April 18-24, 1935. Delegates from 30 different countries attended the congress. Stamps were printed in memory of that day."
Lecturer Buse Kerigan asked "What do you think about violence against women today?". He answered the question as "Heartbreaking! What has a woman been asking? She wants equal rights. How weird it is, is not it? In 500 B.C, the woman was superior. What does she want in our world today? She wants equality! She never says that she is superior. Statistics made in 2020 show that 300 women were killed. So, who is committing these murders? Most of them are men. Who is the man? He is born of a woman who was once considered a great asset. He develops in the woman's uterus for 9 months. Then, he kills the woman. What is the uterus? The name of God. When we recite Bismillah, we say in the name of God, the Most Gracious and Most Merciful. Therefore, the man has only one task - protect the women, not killing them. Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK says ‘O Hero Turkish Woman! You are worthy not to crawl on the ground, but to rise in the skies on your shoulders.'."
The event was ended after Barut celebrated the International Women's Day of Buse Kerigan, and presented flowers to her on behalf of all the world and Turkish women.
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