Some 36 women to be Istanbul’s first female firefighters
Published 09 Sep,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - Some 36 women, who finished their five-month training, will begin service at the Metropolitan Fire Department next week, becoming Istanbul’s first female firefighters.
“We will show that Turkish women exist in firefighting, too,” Hakan Karabulut, the deputy of Firefighting Training Center (İBİTEM), told the Demirören News Agency.
According to the official, the firewomen will start working at their place of duties as of Sept. 13 after a ceremony held in the fire department.
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