Being a Woman in No. 5

Rahime Karakaş, one of the brave women of the 1978 generation in the Kurdish geography, was tested with heavy costs in Diyarbekir Military Prison on September 12, she emerged from that period with her head held high, and now she has written down the dark face of that period in order to leave a trace, a document. He is someone who has lived, understood and explained both as a defendant and as a witness. For the first time, it opened a meaningful window into the experiences of women in Diyarbekir Military Prison.

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To date, mostly men have spoken and written about No. 5. 12 For some reason, the female prisoners of No. 5 wrote almost nothing. They spoke very little. However, when we look at what remains of all the cruelty experienced today, we know that the female prisoners of No. 5 showed a very determined and persistent performance. Rahime Kesici Karakaş, one of the young female prisoners of the most brutal days of No. 5, writes and explains No. 5, from a woman's perspective, from the women's ward(s) for the first time, as far as I know.

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