People are posting photos of themselves wearing shorts in solidarity with woman assaulted in Turkey

People in Turkey are taking to the streets and social media in protest after a Turkish court released a man on Sunday who confessed to kicking a woman in the face because she was wearing shorts.

Ayşegül Terzi, a 23-year-old nurse, was standing at the back of an Istanbul bus when the assault occurred. She was helped by three men who witnessed the attack and stepped in to try and stop it.

According to local media, her attacker Abdullah Çakıroğlu was heard saying “those who wear shorts must die!” He also admitted during an interrogation that her shorts went “against [his] traditions” and that he attacked her because it angered him.

Çakıroğlu, a 35-year-old security guard at a private company, reportedly suffers from bipolar disorder.

“I beat people whose outfits I do not like. The state should punish those who dress like this,” Çakıroğlu reportedly said.

His release incited outrage and sparked a protest on and off the streets, with many people taking to social media to tweet #AyşegülTerzininSesiOlalım, meaning “let’s be the voice of Ayşegül Terzi.”

Several women even posted images of themselves wearing shorts in solidarity with Terzi.

People also gather in Ostanbul’s Galatasaray Square on Sunday to protest the attack and call for an end to violence against women.

Following the public uproar, a prosecutor on duty issued a warrant for Çakıroğlu’s arrest and hours later he was once again detained for “inciting animosity among society.”

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