Sertaç Sehlikoğlu

Sertaç Sehlikoglu is currently pursuing her PhD in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Her academic interests include leisure, daily politics, body, agency, subject formation and female normativity. She is a women's rights activist and owner of the blog Muslim Women in Sports

Vaginal obsessions in Turkey: an Islamic perspective

Recent controversies over women's sexuality, abortion and reproductive rights in Turkey reveal unacceptable violations of women’s sexual privacy by male politicians, says Sertaç Sehlikoglu

By Sertaç Sehlikoğlu

/ 18 Feb 2013

Rape in Turkey: between incitement, complicity and silence

The debates triggered by a 14-fold increase in violent crimes against women in Turkey in the last seven years have pitted Islamic male scholars and journalists against Islamic women writers, reports Sertaç Sehlikoğlu

By Sertaç Sehlikoğlu

/ 18 Mar 2011