No! To Domestic Violence
For the past 12 years, Doğan Holding has continued its No! To Domestic Violence campaign, spreading awareness about this social problem and making a significant contribution to the reduction of domestic violence.
The Emergency Hotline, launched as a pilot project in 2007, has since become a full-scale, ongoing initiative aimed at addressing the severity of this problem. In 2015, it was transferred over to the Federation of Women’s Associations. We have realized numerous such projects over these past 12 years.
For instance, as part of one awareness-building endeavor, authentic x-ray films from women whose limbs were broken as a result of domestic violence were transformed into vinyl records, which were then used to record the single “Kadınlar Vardır” (“Women Exist”) from the 2008 album Güldünya Şarkıları. We collaborated with the All Pharmacist Cooperatives Association, an organization with 14,000 members, for the project, called Violence Is Crime, Seek Help. This project launched on March 8th, on International Women’s Day, and participating pharmacies distributed posters and brochures to raise awareness of the social impact of violence, with a particular focus on violence against women. Participating pharmacies also provided information to victims of violence, directing them towards relevant public support agencies.
