Fancy Women Bike Ride

Fancy Women Bike Ride
Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu
2019 event in Germany
StatusActive
GenreCycling tour
Date(s)2013 (2013)
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Started in İzmir, expanded to 150+ cities
CountryWorldwide
FounderSema Gür
Most recentSeptember 19, 2021 (2021-09-19)
Next eventSeptember 17, 2023
WebsiteOfficial English website

The Fancy Women Bike Ride is an event started in 2013 by history teacher Sema Gür in İzmir, Turkey.[1] The event draws attention to the themes of freedom and women.[2] The other coordinator of the event is Pınar Pinzuti.[3]

History

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Sema Gür, founder of the tour

Sema Gür was born in 1973 in Bandırma where she lived until she began attending university. She has been involved in various social responsibility projects and won the Department of History Teaching at Dokuz Eylül University Buca Education Faculty in 1991; she graduated from in 1995.[4] Gür started to work as a history teacher at American Collegiate Institute in 1997.[5][6]

Gür learned how to ride a bicycle in 2012 and subsequently founded the Fancy Women Bike Ride as a Facebook event in 2013.[7][8][9] Her intent was to call attention to the World Car-Free Cities Day.[10][11][12]

In 2013, 300 women supported the first round. The women toured the center of the city dressed in elegant and fancy clothes and adorning their bicycles with flowers. At the end of the tour, they announced the press release, “Let the cities smell of perfume instead of the smell of exhaust.”[13][14][15]

The organization, which became famous over the years, has reached many women. In 2015, tours were organized in İzmir, Istanbul, Adana, Ankara, Eskişehir, Marmaris and Bodrum. The number of cities reached 28 in 2016 and 50 in 2017.[16][17]

In 2018, the event gained an international dimension. The legal existence of the bicycle tour, which is also organized in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, has been accepted by the European Union Transportation Commission.[18][19] In 2019, the event was shown as one of the most successful grassroots movements in the world in Copenhagenize Index 2019.[20] In addition, the number of cities reached 115.[21]

In 2021, tours were organized in 25 countries and 150 cities.[22][23] On November 24, 2021, the Berlin Senatorial for Environment, Transport and Climate Protection selected the tour as "Green Transport Movement of the Year".[24]

In 2022, Sema Gür and Pınar Pinzuti were awarded with UN World Bicycle Day Award by Leszek Sibilski.[25]

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  • Tour organized in Urla
    Tour organized in Urla

References

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  1. ^ Fidler, Matt (2019-09-22). "World Car Free Day 2019 – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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  3. ^ "SÜSLÜ KADINLAR, PEDAL ÇEVİRECEK…". SÜSLÜ KADINLAR, PEDAL ÇEVİRECEK… (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ Öner, Erman (12 March 2021). "Özel Röportaj: Sema Gür ile Süslü Kadınlar üzerine". Cyclist Turkey. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ Yeni, Asır (20 September 2016). "Süslü kadınlar trafiğe çıkıyor!". Yeniasir. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  6. ^ Sipahi, Deniz (21 September 2021). "Gündem aynı tek fark kadınımızın hassasiyeti". Hürriyet Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Süslüler tez konusu oldu". Hürriyet Cumartesi. 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Sema Gur Archives". Sivil Sayfalar (European Union). Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ^ Madan, Mesut (22 September 2019). "Burdur'da 'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu'". DHA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Datça'da Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu: Sana ne istediğim gibi bisiklete binerim". T24 (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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  12. ^ "Turkey election trip: Izmir looks West amid growing conservatism". BBC News. 2015-05-21. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  13. ^ "Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu'na Afrikalı kadınlar da katılacak". Milliyet (in Turkish). 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  14. ^ "'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu' renkli görüntüler oluşturdu". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). 23 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  15. ^ "Pedal power gets Turkish makeover - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. 29 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  16. ^ "6. Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu 23 Eylül'de!". Bianet.org. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Birçok ilde 'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu' etkinliği yapıldı". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  18. ^ ""Süslü Kadınlar" Otomobilsiz Bir Pazar Günü İstiyor". AB Türkiye (EU Turkey) (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  19. ^ "'Süslü Kadınlar' dünyaya açılmaya hazırlanıyor". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  20. ^ "Izmir, Turkey - Copenhagenize". copenhagenizeindex.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  21. ^ "Süslüler tez konusu oldu". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  22. ^ "'Süslü Kadınlar Bisiklet Turu'". www.sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  23. ^ "'Süslü kadınlar' pedal çevirdi". Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  24. ^ Tosun, Murat (24 November 2021). "'Süslü Kadınlar'a çevreci hareketlilik ödülü". Hürriyet Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  25. ^ SABAH, DAILY (2022-03-23). "Turkey's Fancy Women Bike Ride awarded by UN". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
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