by BBC News Monitoring: Turkish women are thanking the power of social media after a "black and white selfie" campaign drawing attention to femicide echoed globally.
Millions of women, including Hollywood celebrities like Jessica Biel and Demi Moore, have joined the campaign and shared their own photos on Instagram using the #ChallengeAccepted and #BlackAndWhiteChallenge hashtags.
It's not clear if the campaign actually started in Turkey, but it gained prominence after Turkish social media users joined a "women supporting women" campaign to call for solidarity over femicide and violence against women in the country, where hundreds are killed every year.
Comments by Turkey's president about potentially withdrawing from a Council of Europe convention on violence against women, dubbed the Istanbul Convention, have also added fuel to the campaign.
'Scared just because we are girls'
Over 5.5m photos have been shared on Instagram bearing the #ChallengeAccepted hashtag. It's also spread to Facebook and Twitter.
Some of the most popular actresses in Turkey, including Beren Saat, Hazal Kaya and Serenay Sarikaya, as well as prominent businesswomen such as Umit Boyner, took part in the campaign.
"We grow up from a young age being scared just because we are girls… I hate to be sacred that something may happen to me outside [or] from those closest to me," one user said, sharing her photo.
"In Turkey, everyday we wake up to the news of women who are murdered either by a spouse, boyfriend, stalker or complete stranger," another woman said. "A black and white photo is followed by details of horrific news. Any of us could be that woman. That's why we accept the challenge until the Turkish government takes the required steps," she added.
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