By: Deanna Hall, Staff Writer On October 4, 2024, two 19 year-old women, Ayşenur Halil and İkbal Uzuner, were brutally murdered by 19 year-old Semih Çelik in Istanbul. Çelik first murdered Halil in Eyüpsultan by slitting her throat and less than half an hour later murdered Uzuner on top of […]
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Feminist Revolution Erupts in Iran after the Killing of Mahsa Amini
By Grace Ruane, Staff Writer On September 13, 2022, Amini traveled alongside her family to visit her uncle in Tehran. Upon exiting the train station, Amini was apprehended by the Iranian morality police, a force tasked with detaining Iranians who violate the country’s conservative dress code. She was then transported […]