Turkish Girls Pioneers Exhibition Opened

Minister of Circle of relatives and Social Services and products Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş opened the Turkish Girls Pioneers exhibition, which tells the tale of Turkish ladies immigrants and their daughters and grandchildren who went to Haarlem, the Netherlands, to paintings within the Sixties.

Dutch Ambassador to Ankara Joep Wijnands and Ali Naili Erdem, who served as Minister of Hard work in 1965, additionally attended the exhibition held at Galerim Artwork Gallery at the instance of the sixtieth anniversary of the Hard work Settlement between Turkey and the Netherlands.

Talking on the opening of the exhibition, Minister Göktaş defined that exertions migration started within the 60s to nations reminiscent of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, and that folks from other portions of Anatolia “courageously” immigrated to those nations at the moment.

Pointing out that those that migrated got here to those puts with a suitcase in hand with the aim of “I can purchase a box, purchase a space, after which go back to my nation,” Göktaş mentioned that his personal tale started on this duration, and that his grandfather additionally migrated from Afyon’s Emirdağ district to Belgium for a couple of years below the similar stipulations.

Pointing out that the tales of the primary Turkish ladies, daughters and grandchildren who immigrated to the Netherlands are very treasured to him, Göktaş mentioned, “Each and every portrait of a girl is in truth a hallmark and a mirrored image of braveness, choice and sacrifice.” he mentioned.

Göktaş mentioned:

“After we speak about migration tales, migrations are usually mirrored thru males. Additionally, there was once a big feminine personnel amongst those that participated in trade migration and began this migration first. There have been additionally ladies who went by myself. There have been additionally those that went as spouses. Each and every of them made nice sacrifices once they went. On occasion they labored within the mines. “They infrequently labored very laborious at evening, and the women had been making an intense effort in day by day existence to deal with their youngsters’s adaptation issues to college or to by some means dangle directly to existence via going to paintings, to know the language of where, and to conform to the tradition.”

Pointing out that ladies give a contribution very much to the cooperation between the 2 nations and the financial system of the rustic they are living in, Göktaş mentioned that it is extremely treasured to stay those tales alive.

Minister Göktaş thanked those that contributed to the exhibition.

“What is fallacious with one hand, two palms have a voice”

Dutch Ambassador to Ankara Joep Wijnands additionally said that the exhibition tells the tales of Turkish ladies residing within the Netherlands and representing 3 generations.

Wijnands said that on August 19, 1964, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Turkey signed an settlement, inviting Turkish electorate to paintings within the Netherlands, and mentioned, “We’re celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of this settlement this 12 months. This additionally represents a turning level in Türkiye-Netherlands members of the family.” .” he mentioned.

Relating to the truth that simplest 200 Turkish electorate resided within the Netherlands in 1960, Wijnands said that lately the quantity is with reference to part one million.

Wijnands said that once taking a look at historical past, many of us recall to mind the daddy or grandfather of the present Turkish-Dutch era because the individuals who immigrated and mentioned, “Alternatively, this isn’t the entire tale. Many ladies additionally went to the Netherlands. Nowadays we wish to announce their tales.” he mentioned.

Expressing that they wish to honor ladies with the “Girls Pioneers of Turkey” exhibition, Wijnands mentioned, “We introduced our exhibition to Turkey from Haarlem within the Netherlands and thus far we now have had the chance to showcase it in numerous towns and districts of Turkey. Amongst those, Bursa, Yozgat, Istanbul and Emirdağ “There’s.” he mentioned.

“‘Pioneers’ is a superb phrase to explain them. Those courageous ladies journeyed to a rustic they didn’t know and steadily made nice sacrifices to make stronger their households,” Wijnands mentioned. he mentioned.

Declaring that ladies contributed to the advance of the Netherlands with their efforts, Wijnands mentioned, “We wanted make stronger after International Warfare II. They prepared the ground for the following generations.” he mentioned.

Wijnands identified that his nation helps ladies to have equivalent standing in every single place the sector and that the exhibition in query coincides with this angle of the Netherlands.

After the speeches, Minister Göktaş and Ambassador Wijnands reduce the outlet ribbon. Göktaş and Wijnands then visited the exhibition, tested the pictures and listened to girls’s tales.

The exhibition shall be open till October 17.