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AK Party women’s branch leader marks International Day of the Girl Child
Tuğba Işık Ercan, head of the ruling AK Party’s women’s branch in Turkey, marked the International Day of the Girl Child in a social media post.
She said a society’s future depends on the opportunities and justice it provides to girls.
Ercan also said girls should be supported in pursuing their ambitions.
Her message turned to Gaza, where she said children face violence and loss of their right to life.
She called defending their rights a shared human responsibility.
Ercan said she would continue to support a world where all children can grow up safely and in peace.
AK Party Women’s Branch head Tuğba Işık Ercan marked the International Day of the Girl Child in a social media post.
She said a society’s future depends on the opportunities and justice it provides to girls.
Ercan also condemned what she described as abuse targeting children in Gaza and called for their rights to be defended.
She said she would continue to support a world where all children grow up in safety, peace and justice.
- Who
- Tuğba Işık Ercan, head of the AK Party’s central Women’s Branch.
- What
- She marked the International Day of the Girl Child and called for girls’ rights and opportunities to be protected.
- When
- October 10, 2026.
- Where
- In a social media post. The platform is not stated.
- Why
- To mark the day and highlight the importance of girls’ opportunities, justice and safety.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A society’s quality and future are measured by the opportunities and justice it provides to girls.
Defending the rights of our innocent children, whose very right to life has been taken from them, is the most concrete duty of the global conscience and of being human.
We will continue resolutely to defend a world in which all our children grow up in safety, peace and justice.
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- Official
- Tuğba Işık Ercan
- Organization
- AK Party central Women’s Branch
- Date
- October 10, 2026
- Subject
- International Day of the Girl Child
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