The International Symposium titled “The Women Who Left a Mark in History” was held on 25 November 2021, in cooperation with KAEU Fatma Bacı Women's Studies Application and Research Center and The Union of Turkish Women Academics, as part of the 25 November International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, President of the Association of Turkish Women Academics Prof. Dr. Mualla Satellite Yucel, Director of Fatma Baci Women's Studies Application and Research Center Prof. Dr. Nur Çetin and national and international scientists participated as speakers at the symposium, which was broadcasted live on the university's YouTube channel.

Prof. Dr. Nur Çetin: "We Will Increase the Number of Happy Families by Transferring Necessary Sensitivity and Information to Young People"

Director of Fatma Bacı Women's Studies Application and Research Center Prof. Dr. Nur Çetin, in her opening speech, declared that they are against violence against all living creatures. Çetin stated that education will change people and they have seen good examples of this and noted that as Fatma Bacı Women's Studies Application and Research Center, they believe that they will increase the number of happy families by transferring the necessary sensitivities and information to the young people. Çetin stated that they have prepared and published the book "Women and Family" and that they have started to teach Women and Family course at the Faculty of Economics at the fall semester of 2021-2022 and they continue the education in the women's academy. Prof Dr Nur Çetin reminded that women came forefront with their strong, productive, warrior and protective identities whenever it was necessary, and emphasized that the International Symposium "The Women Who Left a Mark in History" will display that.

Prof. Dr. Mualla Uydu Yucel: "A Conscious Woman Can Always Change the World"

Speaking later in the online symposium, the President of The Union of Turkish Women Academics Prof. Dr. Mualla Uydu Yücel said that the union was founded on the basis of strengthening the bond between women academics and women in the Turkish world. Expressing that she believes that a conscious woman can always change the world, Yücel referred to the fact that raising awareness of women means raising awareness of the world, the country and the family. Prof. Dr. Mualla Uydu Yücel wished a successful symposium, saying that the empowerment of women and families will increase the welfare of the country.

Rector Karakaya: "Women are the ground of society, any slide there will shake the society"

Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya stated in his opening speech that he found such an important issue to be discussed at the symposium significant. Pointing out that the world is a human problem rather than women's, Karakaya said that they should act with the awareness of valuing human beings, defining human and understanding its most fragile layer, women. Rector Karakaya brought up the question of how women should be defined, and he underlined the need to realize that there are efforts to turn women into a commodity when they say women are being liberated in the modern world. Saying that women are the basis of society and expressing that any slide there will shake the society, Karakaya stated that they have seen this throughout history and the result will not change from now on because of its nature. Pointing out that the meaning of the hadith "Paradise is under the feet of mothers" is not an easy thing, Karakaya pointed out that the woman is a supreme being who creates the society and ensures the continuity of the lineage that sustains the existence.

Rector Karakaya: "A Fragile and Elegant Being, A Woman Always Deserves Respect and Honor"

Noting that they have to work hard in order to the woman regain their value, Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya continued his words as follows: “Modern or Post-modern thought has begun to end the woman or man under its own turmoil of thought. It is necessary to understand human beings, while doing this, it is necessary to give special attention to women. We must build minds that are not self-interested, do not serve materialism, value people and give women the worth they deserve. A woman who is a fragile and elegant being is always worthy of respect and honor.

After the speech of Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, the symposium started. The program of "The Women Who Left a Mark in History" symposium consisting of four sessions took place as follows:

I. SESSION 10:30-11:50
The Women in Management
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. NUR ÇETİN
Prof. Dr. Mualla UYDU YÜCEL	The First Female Ruler in Turkish History: TOMRİS HATUN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal ŞAHİN	The First Female Ruler of Indian Turkish History: RAZİYE SULTAN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nuray ÖZDEMİR	A Life Dedicated to the Republic and Education: NAKİYE ELGÜN
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sedef BULUT	The First Female Mayor: MÜFİDE İNSEL

II. SESSION 12:00-13:10
The women in Military
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. PERVİN ÇAPAN
Res. Asst. Dr. F. Aysel ILGIN	The Woman Who Shaked Byzantium: BOĞARIK HATUN
Prof. Dr. Gülnisa AYNAKUL	Queen of Altai and Our First Female General: KURMANCAN DATKA
Asst. Prof. Dr. Dilara USLU	Two Heroes of the Independence War: NEZAHAT ONBAŞI, HAFIZ SELMA İZBELİ

III. SESSION 14.00-15.10
The Women in Literature
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. AYFER ŞAHİN
Asst. Prof. Dr. Zebiniso KAMALOVA	Women of the Timurid Dynasty and BIBI HATUN
Asst. Prof. Dr. Kamelya TEKNE	An Enlightened Woman in Her Father's Footsteps: ŞEFİKA GASPIRALI
Prof. Dr. Nesrin KARACA	Halide Edip ADIVAR From The Discourse "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Dominates the World"

IV. SESSION 15.15-16.30
Women in Science
MODERATOR: Prof. Dr. PINAR ÜLGEN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olcay ÖZKAYA	An Iconic Woman in the Modernization Process of the Republic: AYŞE AFET İNAN
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ümit AKAGÜNDÜZ	AYŞE SIDIKA HANIM, One of the Female Faces of Our Education History
Prof. Dr. Kulpaş İLYASOVA	AKKAGAZ DOSCANOVA, One of the Leaders of the Alash Movement
CLOSING SESSION/EVALUATION 16.30 – 17.00