İLKNUR ÜSTÜN
European Union, 2026
İlknur Üstün graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Ankara University’s Faculty of Language, History and Geography (DTCF). She worked as a philosophy teacher and was one of the founders of Ayizi, a feminist publishing house, where she worked as an editor and publishing director. She also served on the editorial board and as one of the editors of Amargi Feminist Theory and Politics Magazine. She is a co-founder and coordinator of the Women’s Coalition and the European Women’s Lobby Türkiye Coordination.
Her writing, research and fieldwork have focused on gender equality, feminism and organising, local politics and participation, access to justice, discrimination, human rights and civil society organisations. Everyday life and local politics are areas of particular interest to her.
She is working to develop an original model for monitoring local governments from a gender equality perspective. She continues to engage in local and international organising within women’s organisations and in feminist politics.
