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Fancy Women Bike Ride
Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu
File:Fancy Women Bike Ride.png
Years active2013 - Nowadays
Websitehttps://www.suslukadinlarbisikletturu.com/en/

The Fancy Women Bike Ride is an event started in 2013 by history teacher Sema Gür in İzmir.[1] The event draws attention to the themes of freedom and women.[2] The other coordinator of the event is Pınar Pinzuti.[3]

History

Sema Gür was born in 1973 in Bandırma where she lived until she began attending university. She has been involved in various social responsibility projects and won the Department of History Teaching at Dokuz Eylül University Buca Education Faculty in 1991; she graduated from in 1995.[4] Gür started to work as a history teacher at American Collegiate Institute in 1997.[5][6]

Gür learned how to ride a bicycle in 2012 and subsequently founded the Fancy Women Bike Ride as a Facebook event in 2013.[7][8][9] Her intent was to call attention to the World Car-Free Cities Day.[10][11][12]

In 2013, 300 women supported the first round. The women toured the center of the city dressed in elegant and fancy clothes and adorning their bicycles with flowers. At the end of the tour, they announced the press release, “Let the cities smell of perfume instead of the smell of exhaust.”[13][14][15]

The organization, which became famous over the years, has reached many women. In 2015, tours were organized in Izmir, Istanbul, Adana, Ankara, Eskisehir, Marmaris and Bodrum. The number of cities reached 28 in 2016 and 50 in 2017.[16][17]

In 2018, the event gained an international dimension. The legal existence of the bicycle tour, which is also organized in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, has been accepted by the European Union Transportation Commission.[18][19] In 2019, the event was shown as one of the most successful grassroots movements in the world in Copenhagenize Index 2019.[20] In addition, the number of cities reached 115.[21]

In 2021, tours were organized in 25 countries and 150 cities.[22][23] On November 24, 2021, the Berlin Senatorial for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection selected the tour as "Green Transport Movement of the Year".[24]

  • Creator of the tour, Sema Gür
    Creator of the tour, Sema Gür
  • Tour organized in Urla
    Tour organized in Urla

References

  1. ^ Fidler, Matt (2019-09-22). "World Car Free Day 2019 – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  2. ^ "Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu: "Bisikletini süsle ve şaşkın şaşkın bakanlara el sallayıp gülümse"". Medyascope (in Turkish). 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. ^ "SÜSLÜ KADINLAR, PEDAL ÇEVİRECEK…". SÜSLÜ KADINLAR, PEDAL ÇEVİRECEK… (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ Öner, Erman. "Özel Röportaj: Sema Gür ile Süslü Kadınlar üzerine". Cyclist Turkey. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ Yeni, Asır (20 September 2016). "Süslü kadınlar trafiğe çıkıyor!". Yeniasir. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  6. ^ Sipahi, Deniz (21 September 2021). "Gündem aynı tek fark kadınımızın hassasiyeti". Hürriyet Gazetesi. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Süslüler tez konusu oldu". Hürriyet Cumartesi. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Sema Gur Archives". Sivil Sayfalar (European Union). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ^ Madan, Mesut (22 September 2019). "Burdur'da 'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu'". DHA. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Datça'da Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu: Sana ne istediğim gibi bisiklete binerim". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  11. ^ "Süslü kadınlar yollarda". aksam.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  12. ^ "Turkey election trip: Izmir looks West amid growing conservatism". BBC News. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  13. ^ "Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu'na Afrikalı kadınlar da katılacak". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  14. ^ "'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu' renkli görüntüler oluşturdu". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  15. ^ "Pedal power gets Turkish makeover - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  16. ^ "6. Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu 23 Eylül'de!". Bianet.org. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Birçok ilde 'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu' etkinliği yapıldı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  18. ^ ""Süslü Kadınlar" Otomobilsiz Bir Pazar Günü İstiyor". AB Türkiye (EU Turkey) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "'Süslü Kadınlar' dünyaya açılmaya hazırlanıyor". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  20. ^ "Izmir, Turkey - Copenhagenize". copenhagenizeindex.eu. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  21. ^ "Süslüler tez konusu oldu". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  22. ^ "'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu'". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  23. ^ "'Süslü kadınlar' pedal çevirdi". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  24. ^ Tosun, Murat (24 November 2021). "'Süslü Kadınlar'a çevreci hareketlilik ödülü". Hürriyet Gazetesi. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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