#AceWorldNews – TURKEY – March 30 – Femen, an exhibitionist feminist activism group founded in Ukraine in 2008, has staged a protest in the Üsküdar district on Istanbul’s Asian side, which is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s constituency(HurriyetDailyNews)
Hours after announcing plans to stage a protest in one of the conservative neighbourhoods of Istanbul, two Femen members showed up in Üsküdar’s Burhaniye Elementary School. The naked activists, who wrote “Ban Erdogan” on their chests and backs, were quickly detained by police after grabbing and throwing away several ballots(HurriyetDailyNews)
FEMEN (Ukrainian: Фемен) is an exhibitionist feminist protest group founded in Ukraine in 2008. The group is now based in Paris.
The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial topless protests against sex tourism, religious institutions, sexism and other social, national and international topics.
In October 2013 FEMEN had its largest membership in France (30 local activists in January 2013). In October 2012 the organization claimed it had about 40 activists in Ukraine, and another 100 who had joined their protests abroad, as well as twenty thousand of supporters via the social network Vkontakte.
