2001 sex strike for running water

2001 protest in Turkey April 2016 April 2016 The 2001 sex strike for running water in Turkey began when women in a Turkish village initiated a nonviolent direct action to persuade the men of the village to fix a broken water system.Turkish women hold sex strike for water system repair, 2001 Global Nonviolent Action Database https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/turkish-women-hold-sex-strike-water-system-repair-2001 2026-07-13 nvdatabase.swarthmore.eduSex ban lifted in Turkish village https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/08/16/turkey.women/index.html 21 June 2026 CNN August 16, 2001`No water, no sex' policy pays off for women in Turkey https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2001/08/17/0000098907 21 June 2026 Taipei Times August 17, 2001 It has been considered an example of a successful sex strike.Pulley Anna Sex strikes, like the one in “Chi-raq,” can be powerful motivators — at the very least, they’re great for publicity https://www.salon.com/2015/12/10/real_life_sex_strikes_partner/ 21 June 2026 Salon December 10, 2015 Background In 2001, a southern Turkish village Sırtköy suffered from a broken down water supply system.2001-08-14 Su yok, seks de yok https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/su-yok-seks-de-yok-9944 2026-07-13 www.hurriyet.com.tr tr This was not the first time the system had stopped, leaving the 600-person village without running water for months at a time. When the water system breaks down, the women must walk several miles to a small public fountain in order to have water for drinking, cooking and bathing. In mid-July 2001, women in the village began a sex strike to encourage their husbands to demand that the government repair the water system. The idea of the sex strike came from a Turkish movie from 1983 named Şalvar Davası in which women held a sex strike for better equality between the genders. The lack of running water prevented women from bathing after sex, which is traditionally required of Muslim women. This ritual is known as ritual purification, which has to do with preparation for prayer that occurs five times a day. Within one month of the sex strike, the men began asking the Antalya government for assistance to fix the water system. On August 15, the government supplied the village with enough resources to fix the water system themselves. Related events A film, The Source, was created in 2011 capturing a similar story in a North Africa. In the film, the women of the village take part in a sex strike against having to walk to a water source to collect water. References Category:2001 in Turkey Category:Sexual abstinence Category:Strikes in Asia Category:2001 labor disputes and strikes Category:Women's strikes Category:2001 in women's history Category:History of women in Turkey