2019 PEN Duygu Asena Award
2019 PEN Duygu Asena Award
Photograph of members of the Turkish Centre and members of Cumartesi Anneleri, ‘The Saturday Mothers’, onstage at the 2019 PEN Duygu Asena Awards ceremony, which was held at Tiyatro Yan Etki Maya Cüneyt Türel Sahnesi in Istanbul on 11 March 2019, two days after International Women’s Day. Emine Ocak (centre on the back row) and Maside Ocak (end on the left on the front row) received this award on behalf of Cumartesi Anneleri in recognition of the group’s efforts to protect human rights. From left to right on the front row are: Maside Ocak; Zeynep Aliye, treasurer of the Centre (2015-); Aydın Öztürk, Turkish author; Halil Ibrahim Özcan, vice-president of the Centre (2015-); and İnci Asena, sister of the late Duygu Asena, after whom the award is named. From left to right on the front row, with their corresponding positions at the Turkish Centre, are: Sevin Okyay, Board member; Adnan Özyalçıner, member; Zeynep Oral, president (2015-); Tülin Dursun, general secretary (2015-); Emine Ocak; Tuncer Cücenoğlu, member; Suat Karantay, former general secretary; and Emin Karaca, member.























