The Turkish police break up event for the Women’s Day. [photo]

Use bullet rubber made by the Turkish police in order to disperse…
a crowd of hundreds of demonstrators who had gathered in the centre of Istanbul in an attempt to commemorate the International Women’s Day.
The group, which gathered two days before the official celebrations for Women’s Day on 8 March in order to attract more people because it’s Sunday, had defied the ban of the march by the governor of Istanbul, who foiled this year’s gathering citing security reasons.
The protesters and the protesters sought to draw attention to the issues of women in Turkey, which ranked 77th among 138 countries on the basis of the index of gender equality that uses the United Nations Programme for Development (UNDP).
The government is often criticised for the way he handles women’s issues, as well as for the failure to reduce the high rates of violence against women and the low participation in the workforce.
Episodes of family violence is 10 times more likely to happen in Turkey, which aspires to join the EU, than in other european countries, according to the UN.
Hundreds of women filled the square in the district of Καντίκιοϊ of the asian side of Istanbul, shouting slogans and holding purple banners, the symbol of a movement that focuses on social and economic issues of women.
Plainclothes officers began to repel by pushing the members of the group, and many women escaped from the square when the forces of repression by the police opened fire with rubber bullets against the crowd.
“We have always said that we’ll never get out of the streets for the demonstration of 8 March and will not leave. Neither the police nor the government can stop us,” he said to Reuters the culture Γκουρίς Özen before the intervention of the police, which proceeded to the arrest of a woman which was temporarily under arrest.
“You see the power of women. We’re here in spite of the obstacles and will continue to fight for our case”.
Scuffles also occurred during protests in Ankara, where dozens of women took to the streets.
Turkey has significantly restrict the right of assembly in the last few years, giving the police broader powers to detain protesters and the courts more power to prosecute against them.