Seven women take the stage to draw attention to human rights. The theater play 'Seven' will make its Turkish premiere at Istanbul's Muammer Karaca Theater on Thursday. The play is based on interviews with seven women’s rights activists from seven different countries, and has been staged in the world since 2007
 In the play, titled 'Yedi' (Seven), journalist Ece Temelkuran will play Nigerian democracy defender Hafsat Abiola, while the lawyer of assassinated Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Fethiye Çetin, will play North Irish activist Inez McCormack. |
Seven human rights-sensitive women will take to the theater stage to raise awareness of the issues via the stories of seven women who struggled for human rights in society.
In the play, titled “Yedi” (Seven), journalist-writer Ece Temelkuran will play Nigerian democracy defender Hafsat Abiola, while the lawyer of assassinated Armenian journalist Hırant Dink, Fethiye Çetin, will play North Irish activist Inez McCormack, who was also played by Meryl Streep last year. Other women in the play are Turkish artists Lale Mansur, Füsün Demirel, Zeynep Eronat, Belçim Bilgin Erdoğan and Şevval Sam.
The play will make its Turkish premiere Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Muammer Karaca Theater. Entrance to the play is free.