The Twitter hashtag #OzgecanAslan prompted thousands of tweets, with many women posting photos of themselves clad in black. And in recent days, #ozgecanicinminietekgiy, translated as “wear a miniskirt for Ozgecan,” has begun circulating, often accompanied with a photo of a man wearing a short skirt.
No arribarà el dia que vegi res semblant aquí. #ozgecanicinminietekgiy pic.twitter.com/dwl0YuSRdt
UMUT var işte. "@volakoglu:Üç çocukla katılacağım dediğimde, "Deli" dediler.Varsın desinler. #ozgecanicinminietekgiy pic.twitter.com/FOHicwOo4Y"
And it apparently doesn’t matter where the apparel came from, as long as it is worn.
Some grabbed their mothers' skirts, others wore their girlfriends'. #EteğiniGiyTaksimeGel #ozgecanicinminietekgiy pic.twitter.com/MhotZ3SmQw
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Although there are deeper issues involved, the miniskirt protest has raised awareness and challenged views.
“The real problem is a series of attitudes that have now been ingrained in the courts and in patriarchal society. Some people have begun to reconsider those and I guess the skirt protest is just one way of calling on Turkish men to reconsider their attitudes,” says Finkel.
“[The miniskirt protest is] small but I think the symbolic meaning is very good,” says Gulbahar.
Most men are as horrified by violence against women as women are, great to see that being manifested in Turkey #ozgecanicinminietekgiy
