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CUMHURİYET VE KADIN

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Sermin Özçilingir, President of TWLA
Sermin Özçilingir, President of TWLA
“Cumhuriyet idaresinin ilk yılları, 1923’te nüfus sayımında kadınlarında sayılması, 1924 seçme ve seçilme hakları reddedilmişti. Atatürk çok istese de bu yıllarda, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi’nin kabul etmediği kadın haklarının zamanlamasının, o ilk yıllar için çok da uygun olmadığını gördü.
2 yılı daha bekliyecekti.”

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CUMHURİYETE DOĞRU (TOWARDS REPUBLIC) Celebrated in NYC

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(Left to right) Steve Serdar Öney, Sermin Özçilingir, Irem Ünal, Dr. Ayşe Goloğlu Soyer, Bircan Ünver and Doğan Güneş
(Left to right) Steve Serdar Öney, Sermin Özçilingir, Irem Ünal, Dr. Ayşe G. Soyer, Bircan Ünver and Doğan Güneş, NYC. Oct. 29, 2019
A summary on The Light Millennium’s “Milli Mücadele/Cumhuriyete Doğru” October 29th Celebration event:
On October 29th, 2019, The Light Millennium, joined by the American-Turkish Women’s Association and the American Association of Ataturkist Thought and Patriotism, celebrated the 96th anniversary of the Turkish Republic with its “Milli Mücadele / Cumhuriyete Doğru” event at the Salvation Army International Social Justice Committee in New York City.
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CANADA-BASED ALMOS GOLD, INC SHOULD END THE ECO-MASSACRE IN TURKEY NOW!

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Press Release August 7, 2019
Source: http://ataturk.org.uk/joint-kaz-daglari-press-release-by-asa-and-iadd/
Joint Kaz Mountains ( Mount Ida / Kaz Dağları) press release by ASA and İADD
Nearly 200,000 trees slaughtered, water supply disrupted, ecosystem shattered
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“WATER AND FOOD SECURITY – PATHWAYS THAT LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND AND THOSE THAT DO”

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Olcay Ünver, P.h.D
Keynote speech by
Olcay UNVER, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair, UN-Water
10th Water Research Horizon Conference
18-19 June, 2019,
Hannover, Germany

“Right now, we are at a cross roads. Billions still lack safe water and sanitation, water pollution is worsening, there is too little funding, agriculture places enormous stress on water and our governance systems are weak.”

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I TOO NOW STATE THAT I AM A FEMINIST WITH THE HOPE THAT MANY OTHERS WILL ALSO FOLLOW

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Sevgin Oktay
CONFERENCE ON
PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM
Towards the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women and Peace and Security
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in support of SDGs #5, #16 and #17
by Sevgin OKTAY, Representative of The Light Millennium to the UN Department of Global Communications
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WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT ALL OUR LIFE. AND WE HAVE TO BE VIGOROUS.

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Fatma Aytaç
“We face every single day and in all over the world, gender base violence, gender related killings, sexual harassment, intimate partner violence… the list is long. Knowing that women’s rights are never to be taken granted and always questioned and postponed with several excuses like political, economic, religious crises. We must remain vigilent all our life. And we have to be vigorous.”

Presented by Fatma AYTAÇ, Red Pepper Association (Kırmızı Biber Derneği)
Co-Founder and UN-Representative

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KADIN GÖZÜYLE İSTANBUL

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Demet Demirkaya

Amerika Türk Kadınlar Birliği, Dünya Kadınlar Günü Kahvaltısından notlar…

Konuşmacılar: Fotoğrafçı Demet Demirkaya; Yazar Çağla Özgökçe Ural; ve Psikolog adayı Müge Dinç

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DÜNYA ŞİİR GÜNÜ, NEW YORK’TA ATTİLA İLHAN’IN ŞİİRLERİYLE ŞÖLEN TADINDA KUTLANDI…

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New York Başkonsolosu Alper Aktaş (1 Mart 2019)
[TurkishLibrary.Us, New York, 3 Mart 2019] 1 Mart Cuma akşamı, Attila İlhan’ın şiirleriyle, Dünya Şiir Günü (21 Mart) 20. yıldönümü çerçevesinde New York’ta T.C. Başkonsolosluğu’nun ev sahipliğinde bir şölen tadında kutlandı..

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NEW YORK’TA SANATLA BEZELİ BİR DÜNYA ANA DİLİ KUTLAMASININ ARDINDAN…

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Ya da Sanatla Bezeli Bir Cumartesi’nin Ardından…
NY Atatürk Okulu'nda Bircan Ünver ile Dünya Anadili Günü kutlaması (2019)
23 Şubat 2019, Cumartesi gününü sanata ayırmak ve kitap dostlarıyla buluşmak isteyenler Ny Atatürk okulunun kütüphanesinde Bircan Ünver ve kitapları; ‘Işık Yollarında”, “Sanatın Labirentlerinde ” ve “En Kutsalı Yaratmak” ile buluştular.
23 Şubat 2019, Cumartesi gününü sanata ayırmak ve kitap dostlarıyla buluşmak isteyenler Ny Atatürk okulunun kütüphanesinde Bircan Ünver ve kitapları; ‘Işık Yollarında”, “Sanatın Labirentlerinde ” ve “En Kutsalı Yaratmak” ile buluştular. Günün, 21 Şubat Dünya Anadil gününü kutlamak gibi değerli bir başka hedefi daha vardı.
Günün, 21 Şubat Dünya Anadil gününü kutlamak gibi değerli bir başka hedefi daha vardı.
Yazı ve Fotoğraflar:  Demet DEMIRKAYA
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Event: PEACE, WOMAN, SECURITY & SECULARISM – on April 11, NYC

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Event on Thursday, April 11, 2019
Draft Concept Note
Towards the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution
S/RES/1325 (2000) & In support of the SDG#5, SDG#16 and SDG#17

INTRODUCTION:
This event aims to support and create awareness on the United Nations Security Council Resolution #1325 (2000) in correlation with the concept of “Secularism”, which is the missing key component of the #1325 framework. It also aims to introduce the SDGS#5, 16 and 17 to the general public in conjunction with the #1325 towards the attainment of the 2030 Development Agenda.
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