Episode Summary
When two women are violently murdered five years apart and half a world away, advocates look for a way to call attention to the serious and growing issue of femicide in Turkey. The campaign takes off — but while it gains momentum, it loses its original meaning. This is the real story behind the viral #ChallengeAccepted campaign that flooded your Insta feed in the summer of 2020.
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Episode Source Material
- The New York Times: The Murder of a Ballerina, by Beril Eski
- CNN Türk: Üniversiteli Pınar’dan 3 gündür haber alınamıyor
- Duvar English: Turkey mourns killing of Pınar Gültekin by ex-boyfriend, as femicide toll continues to increase
- Sabah: Pınar Gültekin cinayetinde kan donduran son dakika gelişmesi! Katil Cemal Metin Avcı’dan akılalmaz ifadeler, by Kenan Gürbüz
- CNN Türk: Son dakika… Pınar’ın katilinden kan donduran itiraf
- BBC News Türkçe: Pınar Gültekin: 27 yaşındaki kadının cansız bedeni bulundu, cinayeti itiraf eden zanlı tutuklandı
- CNN Türk: Son dakika… Pınar Gültekin’in Özgecan Aslan hakkındaki tweetleri ortaya çıktı
- Bianet: Murder suspect of Pınar Gültekin arrested
- T-Vine: Fury across Turkey after gruesome murder details of Pınar Gültekin emerge
- The Guardian: Murder in Turkey sparks outrage over rising violence against women, by Bethan McKernan
- Forbes: #ChallengeAccepted: Here’s Why Women Are Posting Black And White Photos On Instagram, by Alexandra Sternlicht
- MSN Lifestyle: What #ChallengeAccepted should be about: The story of 27-year-old Pinar Gültekin, by Jessie Stephens
- Global Citizen: What’s the Real Story Behind Those #ChallengeAccepted Photos on Instagram? by Leah Rodriguez & Pia Gralki
- PBS News: Behind the #ChallengeAccepted campaign, rising Turkish femicides and hostility toward a womens’ rights treaty, by Ali Rogin
- Sabah: SON DAKİKA HABERLER! O rapor açıklandı! Metin Avcı, Pınar Gültekin’i böyle öldürmüş…
- Hurriyet: Eski sevgilisi tarafından katledilen Pınar Gültekin kimdir? Pınar Gültekin cinayetiyle ilgili bilgiler
- Haber Turk: Pınar Gültekin kimdir? Pınar Gültekin ölüm sebebi nedir? Pınar Gültekin hakkında
- Aljazeera: Protests in Turkey over brutal murder of young woman, by Umut Uras
- BBC News: Turkey president Erdogan: Women are not equal to men
- NPR News: ‘We Don’t Want To Die’: Women In Turkey Decry Rise In Violence And Killings, by Joanna Kakississ
- We Will Stop Femicide platform
- Kedistan Magazine: Özgecan Aslan, 20 years old, a victim of patriarchy, by Naz Oke
- Sabah: Üniversiteli Özgecan Aslan yakılarak öldürüldü
- Hürriyet Daily News: 20-year-old Turkish woman brutally murdered, body burned
- CBC News: Killing of Turkish university student fuels calls for stiffer penalties, by Nil Köksal
- Hürriyet Daily News: Suspects arrested over brutal murder on Turkey’s ‘Black Monday’
- TIME Magazine: Turkish Student’s Murder Sparks Anger Over Violence Against Women, by Maya Rhodan
- The New Zealand Herald: 15,000 march in Turkey after student’s rape and murder
- The Guardian: Three men on trial in Turkey over killing that sparked protests
- Aljazeera Turk: İkinci sanık ‘cinsel saldırı’yla da yargılanacak
- The Guardian: Three men get life sentence for murder and attempted rape of student in Turkey
- Cumhuriyet: Özgecan’ın katilleri kaç yıl hapis yatacak
- The Guardian: Man who murdered Turkish student shot dead in prison
- Hurriyet Daily News: Son dakika haberi: Özgecan Aslan’ın katilini öldüren mahkum ile ilgili yeni haber
- Hurriyet Daily News: Katilini öldürdüğü Özgecan’ın fotoğrafı olan tişörtle duruşmaya çıktı
- Daily Sabah: Trial begins on young woman’s violent murder that shook Turkey
- Los Angeles Times: Brutal slaying leads to protests over violence against women in Turkey, by Glen Johnson
- BBC News: Turkey rallies over murder of woman who ‘resisted rape’, by Selin Girit
- The Guardian: Rape and murder of young woman sparks mass Twitter protest in Turkey, by Helen Davidson
- Challenge accepted: Turkish feminists spell out real meaning of hashtag, by Bethan McKernan
- Deutsh Turkisches Journal: Özgecan Aslan: Cold-blooded murder causes horror in Turkey, by Caspar Schliephack
- Daily Sabah: Brutal murder of Ozgecan Aslan sparks anger and grief
- Hurriyet Daily News: First Hearing in case of brutally murdered girl Ozgecan Aslan held in Southern Turkey
- Aljezeera Turk: Second defendant to be tried with ‘sexual assault’
- Hurriyet Daily News: 20-year-old Turkish woman brutally murdered, body burned
- Sabah.com: University student Özgecan Aslan burned to death
- New York Times: ‘Challenge Accepted’: Why Women Are Posting Black-and-White Selfies, by Taylor Lorenz
- The Guardian: Challenge accepted: Turkish feminists spell out real meaning of hashtag
- English Bianet: Request for recusal in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case
- New York Times: Turkish Men Get Away With Murder (Op-Ed), by Christina Asquith
- Daily Sabah: Brutal murder of Özgecan Aslan sparks anger and grief
- Deutsch Turkisches Journal: Özgecan Aslan: Cold-blooded murder causes horror in Turkey, by Caspar Schliephack
- BBC: Turkey trial over murder of student Ozgecan who ‘resisted rape’
- Vice: Women Seeking Divorce in Turkey are Being Murdered by Their Husbands, by Josie Thaddeus-Johns
- Fox News: Facebook Debunks Rumor That Pedophiles Are Behind Cartoon Profile Campaign, by Alec Liu
- Know Your Meme: Facebook Cartoon Profile Picture Week
