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‘You set our hearts ablaze:’ Horrific murder draws men in miniskirts onto streets of Turkey

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Public reaction to violence against women in Turkey tended to involve women’s organization alone. That changed over the weekend, as Turkish men — many dressed in miniskirts — protested, alongside women, in Istanbul in the wake of the brutal murder of 20-year-old Özgecan Aslan.

A woman shouts slogans during a demostration in Istanbul against the murder of a young woman named Özgecan Aslan.

In Turkey, sometimes it takes a hashtag to be heard

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Children carry banners inside a cage during a protest against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near Damascus, February 15, 2015.

They’re just kids, but these Syrian protesters compare Assad to ISIS

Culture
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