Feminist artists laying it all out on clothes line
NEWS CENTER (DİHA) - Feminist artists drew Nevin Yıldırım onto sheets which they then hung in the streets, with the maxim: “We are divulging all the injustices we are experiencing, one sheet at a time, to secure justice for women!”
Feminist artists and women in working in the arts came together to demand justice for Nevin Yıldırım. Feminist artists saying, “We are divulging all the injustices we are experiencing, one sheet at a time, to secure justice for women!” started a campaign with the Nevin Yıldırım stencils they applied and the messages they wrote onto the sheets.
Nevin Yıldırım had been sentenced to life for killing her rapist. The conviction on Yıldırım will reach a final conclusion after the process at the Supreme Court of Appeals. The women are going to come together on Galatasaray Square, bringing their sheets, on Thursday April 16th at 6:30 pm to demand the Supreme Court of Appeals reverse the life sentence verdict.
Women wronged by justice system
Products of collaborative studio work by the artists, the sheets with Nevin Yıldırım were hung on various buildings in Istanbul. Artist Arzu Yayıntaş explained the campaign to bianet, saying they chose sheets as material hoping this would facilitate participation and spread the women’s messages, as everyone has them in their home. She spoke about their aims as follows:
“Nevin Yıldırım is a symbol for women wronged by the justice system. There are lots of women in her shoes. We believe the life sentence given to Yıldırım ought to be reversed at the Supreme Court of Appeals. We know that men who kill women get abatements and we think the Nevin Yıldırım verdict reveals a double standard is in place. This struggle belongs to us all, to all women.”
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