We are women riding our bicycles in our daily lives, going to work or leaving our children to school. However there are quite a few of us. On the other hand, we know there are many more women who want to use bicycles. All they need is a little support to see that this is possible. So we came together in this our aim and founded the Women on Bicycle Initiative (WoBi) in 2015.
Our aim as Women on Bicycle Initiative;
- To create a solidarity environment among women that do and women that do not cycle,
- To encourage women who want to cycle
- To increase the number of women who use the bicycle in their daily lives
- To reach more women and make them more visible in the Turkish cycling scene.
What We Do
- ‘Bicycle Rides’ for those who already know how to cycle, but need to practice.
- ‘Women on Bicycle Gatherings’ to encourage women who want use bicycle and to increase our number.
- Bi-weekly radio program ‘Trapeze Frame’ during the program women cyclists take the word and share their own experiences of bicycle and cycling life.
- ‘Traffic Practice Rides’ for those who want to use their bicycles in traffic, but are afraid of.
- ‘Bicycle Repair Workshops’ for those who want to be prepared for all eventualities.
- ‘Meetings’ where needs of cycling are identified and new ideas and suggestions are heard.
- ‘Cycling Courses for the Beginners’ for those that don’t know how to ride a bicycle or have just started.
- ‘My Bicycle My City’ WoBi meetings for female cyclists and ‘My Bicycle My City Movie‘ which tells the stories of WoB’s from seven regions of Turkey.
Seçil Zor
Trapeze Frame Coordinator
Architect. As an active member of the Women on Bicycle Initiative (WoBi), she believes that she creates awareness on every tour and dreams that one day she will live in a country that respects and understands pedestrians and cyclists.
İlknur Dursun
Domestic Events Coordinator
Academician. Nowadays, she enjoys being a woman on bicycle and pedaling the streets in her daily life in Istanbul and participating in bicycle festivals in different cities with a city and a folding bicycle that she owns.
Zeynep Arapoğlu
Facebook Relations
Visual Designer. She uses her bicycles in Istanbul, where she lives and in every city she visits, and says that it is an easy-to-access vehicle that is next to where ever I am.
Emel Sali
Training Coordinator
Mother. She explains that it is possible for all women to be with their children in a cycling life. She supports many women who want to ride bicycles.
İnci Şenay Güneş
Legal Processes Coordinator
Chemist. She has been supporting the My Bicycle My City project with the Women on Bicycle Initiative. In cities she has never been to, she feels strong to share the same passion with women she doesn't know. She dreams of meeting more cyclists on the road.