Turkish Coffee | Episode 5: Little to celebrate on Women's Day

This week on Turkish Coffee, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan look back on decades of the feminist struggle in Turkey as March 8, International Women's Day looms.

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On the eve of March 8 International Women's Day, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan discuss sexism and gender-based discrimination in politics, language and laws in Turkey, as well as how women fight back.

From anti-abortion laws in Poland to Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) deputies questioning the honor of women who said they were strip-searched, co-hosts Aytaç and Ertan take a look at the grim picture of women's plight around the world.

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