Excitement of the Second Year in the Garden Produced by Women's Labor

The *Women's Urban Garden*, implemented in the Çelebibağı Neighborhood by Erciş Municipality to support women's participation in production, strengthen solidarity, and ensure that women play a more active role in agricultural production, is preparing to produce again with the labor of women in its second year.

In the Women's Urban Garden, which attracted great interest last year and was produced with the intense participation of women, the planting activities were also carried out by women this year. Our Co-Chair Güler Temel, along with the participation of Women Council Members, initiated the new production season by planting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, melons, and watermelons that women brought together with the soil.

The Women's Urban Garden, shaped by women's hard work, continues to be a symbol of solidarity, sharing, and women's empowerment beyond just being a production area. Women who labor together in the soil play an active role in every stage of production, contributing to agricultural production while also enhancing the power of producing and solidarity together.

Our Co-Chair Güler Temel emphasized the importance of women's greater involvement in production, stating that supporting women's labor also strengthens social life. Temel expressed that they will continue to implement projects that will enable women to achieve a stronger position in economic and social life.

As Erciş Municipality, we will continue to carry out projects where women have a say in production, their labor is made visible, and solidarity is strengthened. The Women's Urban Garden is also preparing for a fruitful production period, flourishing again with the collective labor of women in its second year.