BTKD held online event to celebrate International Women’s Day

THE Association of Turkish Women (BTKD) held a special online zoom meeting to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day.

The meeting saw members join together with guests including The Turkish Consul General to London Bekir Utku Atahan, Archaeologist, Historian, and Writer Muazzez İlmiye Çığ and pianist Gülsin Onay.

In a statement following the online event on Tuesday(March 8) afternoon, BTKD Chairwoman Servet Hassan thanked members for attending as well as their special guests. She said, “After our interview with the famous Turkish elder Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, who has fit various adjectives such as Sumerologist, Archaeologist, Historian, and Writer in her 108-year life, T.C. State Artist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Gülsin Onay gave us a piano concert with talented hands.”