Bittersweet Women's Day in Turkey

Women's groups around Turkey have started to hold protest rallies on the eve of the March 8 Women's Day, with the memories of last year's violent police action and the continuing “honor killings” tainting the proceedings.

Read the whole story on Turkish Daily News

See also:

• Protests dominate Women’s Day festivities (Turkish Daily News)
• Court reduces 'honor killing' sentences, activists protest (Turkish Daily News)
• The warning of cloths having colors of yellow-red-green in Canakkale (KurdishInfo)