Arslanköy Hadisesi

AKDAĞ, Ömer

The people of Arslanköy resisted not giving the headman's ballot box, which was held on February 23, to the gendarmerie captain. They were manhandled, insulted and victimized. They were imprisoned. But they bravely claimed their democratic rights and set an example for the next generations. There is something that draws our attention in the events that took place during the headman election in Arslanköy in 1947 and which cost the whole of Turkey, and this is the sudden violence in the reaction of women. We must state this clearly: This furious reaction of the women of Arslanköy cannot be expla ...Daha fazlası