Aynur Tekin is a multimedia journalist based in Istanbul, Turkey since 2012. She focuses on gender, LGBTI, freedom of speech and cultural diversity. Follow her work on Twitter @Aaycarmela. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/aynur-tekin/rss en Entrepreneurship Equal Pay and Opportunity Solutions Fri, 02 Nov 2018 13:34:56 +0000 Aynur Tekin https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/11/02/how-turkish-women-with-disabilities-are-entering-the-workforce https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/11/02/how-turkish-women-with-disabilities-are-entering-the-workforce Women with disabilities often encounter ‘double discrimination’ in Turkey – faced with unemployment or lower-grade jobs on account of their gender and their disability. Government work quotas are not solving the issue, so Turkey’s women are taking matters into their own hands. Entrepreneurship Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:50:00 +0000 Aynur Tekin https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/02/01/famous-for-her-fig-chips-a-farmer-provides-jobs-for-women-in-turkey https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/02/01/famous-for-her-fig-chips-a-farmer-provides-jobs-for-women-in-turkey When a wet summer left her family with figs they couldn’t sell, Semra Unal went into the dried fruit business. Now she sells all over Turkey and employs women who otherwise might not have access to work.