Three Doors – Racist Murders in Turkey – The Cases of Festus Okey and Dina

Speakers: Murat Deha Boduroğlu (lawyer), Banu Cennetoğlu (artist), Gülyeter Aktepe (lawyer), Fatma Gül Altındağ (activist)

Saturday, November 9, 14:30

This event will focus on two cases from Turkey where the state is seen as a perpetrator or collaborator in racist murders. The first is the killing of Nigerian Festus Okey by the police at Istanbul Beyoğlu District Security Directorate in 2007. The second is the case of Dina, a Gabonese woman who was subjected to racist and patriarchal violence in Karabük, where she came for university education, and was killed in 2023. In the first case, artists together with lawyers and in the second case feminists waged an important struggle for the truth to be revealed and the perpetrators to be held accountable. Speakers will discuss the state’s attitude towards such racist crimes and the importance of activism around these cases.

The event will be held in Turkish and registration is not required to participate.

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Three Doors – Exhibition and Public Programme