[This article is the translation of original one which is in Turkish. For viewing original article, please follow the link: "Kardelen'in Hikayesi" ]
People who travels eastern Turkey, know our women, who die as if they have never existed…
And these travelers listen up to stories of these young women who were the victim of honour killings, and stories of women whose education is interrupted either by his father or due to poverty, and stories of women who are forced to keep silence in front of all these stories…
A person with a soul, can’t stop writing about the souls who did manage to get their freedom in such a dark world of that region, and indeed about whom who helped them in their way of freedom.
Güleser Çelik is one of those souls “who grew as if a snowdrop is growing against the frost…obstinately…”. And this is the story of the Snowdrop, in which she goes to New-York.
With her straight posture Güleser Çelik, by attending to the discussion panel in the UN about ‘the status of women’ within the framework of Kardelenler[Snowdrops] project, addressed her calm speech to our women. In the discussion panel which held on March 2, with her eyes full of hope, reminded to everyone that one day, in this country, women’s fate should and will be changed.
“Education is the struggle against injustice, corruption, unfairness, and oppression of the world. Education is the only way for us to live honestly and like a human.” In fact, a third year student at the department of International Relations in Middle East Technical University, Güleser Çelik, was not only the voice of Turkish women, but also the women who are under the oppression in all over the world.
Minister of State Aliye Kavaf and writer Elif Şafak also participated as spokespersons in the panel discussion organized within the framework of Kardelenler project by Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği[The Association in Support of Contemporary Living] and Turkcell. Çelikel, chief of the association, stated that he is proud of the fact that Kardelenler, as a project-providing equal opportunities for women-will be shared.
Kardelenler and other similar projects help Turkish women by providing equal opportunities in their education and ring the bells of shiny future.What we hope is that we will be able to live those happy days when we would be proud of those successful, honourable, active women who lives like a human, but not of projects providing equal opportunities in education for women in this country
Gülşah ASLANTÜRK
Öncelikle Güleser’le tanışmıyoruz ama onunla ilgili okudugum bu yazı beni mutlu etti.Kardelenler’i her zaman her yerde görmek çok güzel…
Tebrikler…
Gülşah ASLANTÜRK ün makalesini ve Güleser’in hikayesini çok beğendim. Gülşahcığım, Güleser’in hikayesini çok güzel anlatmışsın. Paylaştığın için çok teşekkürler. Selam ve Saygılarımla.