like Özlem zengin, a senior advisor to president erdoan.law is touched, turkish women will fear for their personal freedoms. damla, for her part, is winding down the day with her friend Öykü. Öykü works as a waitress, but is looking for work as a journalist. the twenty-six-year-old has been stalked by her ex-boyfriend for years. last time was three or four weeks ago. we happened to run into each other. he gave me a menacing look and said, i see you. and he walked back and forth in front of me several times. i'm honestly afraid to see him. i'm really worried! he hasn't turned violent so far. but four out of ten women in turkey experience physical or sexual violence at the hands of their partners. that's almost twice as many as in germany. human rights organizations say turkish authorities often ignore reports of harassment or abuse. Öykü has reported her ex to the police multiple times. but in vain. we all want to think positive, but we young people feel overcome with a sort of hopelessness. i want to see turkey become a safe country for wom

like Özlem zengin, a senior advisor to president erdoan.law is touched, turkish women will fear for their personal freedoms. damla, for her part, is winding down the day with her friend Öykü. Öykü works as a waitress, but is looking for work as a journalist. the twenty-six-year-old has been stalked by her ex-boyfriend for years. last time was three or four weeks ago. we happened to run into each other. he gave me a menacing look and said, i see you. and he walked back and forth in front of me several times. i'm honestly afraid to see him. i'm really worried! he hasn't turned violent so far. but four out of ten women in turkey experience physical or sexual violence at the hands of their partners. that's almost twice as many as in germany. human rights organizations say turkish authorities often ignore reports of harassment or abuse. Öykü has reported her ex to the police multiple times. but in vain. we all want to think positive, but we young people feel overcome with a sort of hopelessness. i want to see turkey become a safe country for wom