Artist statement: Eylül is a 23-year-old socialist feminist and participates in the women's movement in Dersim, a mountainous city with a history of Kurdish resistance in Turkey’s east.
Current state of emergency laws, in place following the failed coup d'état in July 2016, allow the government to detain opponents without normal means of justification. Pro-Kurdish, secular and liberal journalists, media outlets and organisations are amongst those being targeted.
Eylül’s name has been changed and identity concealed at her request. She believes she will be imprisoned if her involvement with her chosen women's organisation is known.
‘The real danger is our opinions. It is not certain that they will not arrest me when I will go out from this room.’
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