Correspondent in Istanbul
Ebru slumps in his chair, allowing himself a mini-break.
In this Istanbul cafe where she feels safe enough to talk, the 23-year-old student holds out her two bruised wrists.
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This is how the cops treat us.
This is what they do to us when we want to demonstrate.
This is what it is to be a woman today in Turkey.
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A sigh above her cup of tea, the young woman refrains from cracking.
The same morning, she returned exhausted from Ankara after having failed to organize a sit-in there with her band of activist friends to denounce the shortage of student accommodation.
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The police blocked our bus at the entrance to the capital.
We were beaten up, handcuffed and taken to the police station, where we were held for ten hours.
I'll spare you the sexist insults - “bitch”, “trawl” - that all the girls have been subjected to!
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“When I walk in the street, I have the impression of being sifted through”
Incidents of the same kind, Ebru has made it his routine.
During her student life...
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