Women in Turkey

Who says that women cannot be jockeys

Here you have the third post of 2016 about women in Turkey, written by our trainee. Enjoy reading!

Who says that women cannot be jockeys! Zülfiye Bulut, the first woman jockey of Turkey, contradicts this statement. Her love with horses starts when she is 6. In her active career, she wins 8 of 244 races. You may think that it is not a success. However, Bulut emphasizes that the most difficult aspect of her job is to be the only woman among men, so she clearly considers it as a “success”. After terminated her jockey career, she has now started to be a coach. Besides, Bulut states that her bigger supporter is her daughter.

It seems that we need more women jockeys to work against stereotypes and towards the absence of so called "male-jobs" and "female-jobs".

News Date

January 20, 2016