Beria Onger

Bakiye Beria Onger (1921 – February 13, 2015[1]) was a Turkish feminist activist and writer, a pioneer of the progressive women's movement in Turkey.

She led the Progressive Women's Organization of Turkey until it was banned ahead of the 1980 coup.

[5] She also worked as a journalist, publishing articles in defense of women's rights in the newspaper Cumhuriyet and trade union magazines, including Akşam during the years when it was owned by the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions.

[2][8] Onger was also a founding director of the Peace Association of Turkey [tr], which operated from 1977 until it was banned in 1980.

[9] In the 1979 elections, she ran for a seat in the Senate of the Republic as an independent candidate affiliated with the Communist Party of Turkey.