Ayşe Gül Altınay
Ayşe Gül Altınay is a Turkish academic working in the disciplines of
anthropology,
cultural studies, and
gender studies, focusing especially on militarism, violence, and memory. She is a professor of anthropology at
Sabancı University and director of the university's Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence. Altınay stated that "the main question that shapes my work and my life" is "Are we going to turn our pain into more violence, hate, pain and injustice, or into steps that multiply life, beauty, love, peace and justice?" She is a signatory of the
Academics for Peace petition "We will not be party to this crime!" and advocates a peaceful resolution of the
Kurdish-Turkish conflict.
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