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tv   World Stories  Deutsche Welle  March 8, 2021 9:45am-10:01am CET

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it is screeching she's the only woman in turkey who does this hazardous job. though when i look down from here i feel as if the world belongs to me as if i were standing on top of everything i think most people never have a chance to experience that. starts every work day with a cup of tea she discusses the job with team leader morata they have surely a former mountain near a takes responsibility for getting everyone at this table all men except nasa up and back down safely now is the 1st woman more art has ever trained for this line of work. be simply the training wasn't easy it was really hard on my arms hurt so much although during the training phase i just cried again and again
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and i kept thinking i'd never be able to complete that training time with them until 2016 masses daily routine was fairy different she worked inside high rises like this one as a receptionist she always watched and envied the facade cleaners through the windows. uses mountaineering techniques and equipment ropes belt sand carabiners more art keeps a close eye on preparations the ropes have to be in perfect shape after all the workers' lives depend on. that 1st nobody believed nasa would ever join the team herself. signal they said it was no use training me i wouldn't be able to do the job even my friends told me that. but at the age of $35.00 she knew not to pay them any mind today she sees herself as a pioneer in
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a job that no other woman in turkey does. this time the elevator takes them up to the 35th from from here it's just a few steps up to the roof. the team leader more our staff is proud to have a woman as part of his otherwise male team. landed in the up to the good usually busy mission aslam has proven that women can do this too. it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman. over matters is whether you're able to do this risky work or not to get it that she was well before she repels down the facade naslund has to concentrate fully on the task at hand and a mistake could prove fatal and i have respect for every job no matter how high up it is yet once i'm roped up i feel safe you just look at that.
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nasa has little time to enjoy the view of greater istanbul with its population of over 17000000 and 161 shiny new skyscrapers over the past 20 years they've radically transformed the skyline. the team complete with cleaning equipment and buckets of water balance along the ledge . they proceed slowly secured by a steel cable. the red rope masses abseiling point. they lay mats under the safety ropes so they won't be cut through by the hour you many roofs shop and choose later on finally they can get down to work.
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by now or will have already overcome her fear she joins us to make sure that she doesn't drop respond. to move. past her so part of the aluminum facade section by section. she and her coworkers have some extremely high brow discussions here. i've discovered a new movie a serious. have you seen it. you think. about you know if ever there are autumn and fall poet. i really like it. and of. for cleaning and such lofty heights in all kinds of weather. gets has a pack. she and her male coworkers over 30 percent
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more per month than the average for a turkey. the part of the job is more the challenge than the actual cleaning or making the ultramodern highrises bright and shiny. who now we are 130 meters it is a wonderfully. i feel absolutely free. don't have to rely on anything. it is that. trusts her team and her ropes with her life. will be in a good movie this here is my red line. it connects me with my life and my family ever been on the wall or. none taught this rope also hold all my dreams together. make bucket and my job out here with my tonight was the 1. 130 metres altitude wild seems unlimited and unencumbered.
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back down to earth another reality away it's nastier is separated from her husband she has to raise their 11 year old daughter dead in sioux alone this is something else that's highly unusual for a woman in turkey and not widely accepted as parents for instance don't like it i don't know they don't want me to get divorced they're convinced that divorce will leave you isolated and they don't want to see me end up as a lonely woman and what the neighbors say they did be all gossip and rumors. now answer as family come from eldest on an eastern anatolia when she was age 7 her parents moved to istanbul in search of jobs for many others in turkey. this is she's the 2nd to last of 9 brothers and sisters but the only one who separated from her spouse she has to explain herself continuously. good thing you know the woman
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is supposed to stay home in the kitchen take care of the children and serve her husband and parents in law that's normal and there are no thanks for it no appreciation only mic but on the incriminations along the lines of what's this you've cooked up today. even so. country and takes pride in its many social achievements turkish women are gaining ever more freedoms and losing more of the restrictions imposed by their traditional gender roles hopes her daughter will have an easier life than she's had and that she won't suffer any disadvantages from her parents being separated. several times a week and her daughter work out nasa has to stay in good shape at the same time she supports and encourages 11 year olds athletic development. deryn sue is a passionate and her mother
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a patient sparring partner. she wants to explore the world just like i do though we both love our freedom and don't want to have it limited. try to make our own decisions without any undue outside influence. but no answers all too aware that she can only afford the sessions with her daughter at the sports center thanks to her relatively high paying job not that many people in turkey can. hutton physical education shouldn't be reserved for the well off so it should be open to all young people but unfortunately it is a luxury because of the expense i can tell you all about that well that's what it my daughter has this opportunity every child her age should have it.
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also gets annoyed when the media follow the official line and paint a rosy picture while ignoring the pandemic and the economic and currency crises. all know they paint the situation in our country in the very best light as if to say we have no problems at all the world empties out and the painful realities of daily life are hushed up this is one of these realities is the galloping inflation that's been eating away at the gill masses purchasing power over 2 years now. that is the dollar are turkish lira is just melting away i used to be able to do all my shopping at the market with a 100 lire now i can't even get it with me for $100.00 lire. but nasa is not about to let the crises afflicting turkey spoil her last for life one evening a week she goes out with her friends. then much like she does under the open sky
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she can put their side for a few hours. in turkey an evening out with friends includes a glass of the national drink as nicely as younger sister saved him from. time to sit here and drink is something everyone ought to be able to do men and women nobody should be saying a woman who drinks rock is about a woman or even that she's a brave woman what we're doing here is the most normal thing in the world none of the women here appreciate having to justify their lifestyles. also has the support of oldest friend john donne confessor. to which i always had extreme ideas 1st she gained her independence now she's climbing up skyscrapers. that she's always done whatever she wanted like all of us here and it's we're strong we're trying to achieve our dreams and you support one another because of this the kids
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that come and go. hard for the job she wanted she broke her glass ceiling or 2 when she started climbing class facades. a woman who wouldn't be kept down. on all the counts up here is training concentration and teamwork. when i look down from here i feel as if the world belongs to me as if i were standing on top of everything that most people never have a chance to experience that. every work day she takes up the fight against the fight to prove that a profession doesn't have to be the exception to the rule for women in turkey.
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