No, Scottish kilts are not the fashion rage among Turkish men. But a growing number of men from Turkey are posting selfies wearing miniskirts in social media to support women activists who are protesting the death of Turkish student.

The victim is 20-year-old Ozgecan Aslan, who was murdered on February 11 in Azerbaijan.

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She was killed while fighting a rape attempt by a minibus driver in Mersin, a southeastern province of Azerbaijan, Daily Life reports.

Aslan used pepper spray on the driver, 26-year-old Ahmet Suphi Altindoken. But he managed to beat and stab her to death.

From the use of the miniskirt as a symbol of protest, apparently, the bus driver was attracted to Aslan who was in miniskirt when the attack happened.

Aslan's burned corpse was found on February 13 in a riverbed. Altindoken and his father and another man were arrested for Aslan's death.

The Turkish men, besides joining also marches to show their anger over Aslan's death, responded to the call to post their selfies and used the hashtag #ozgecanicinmienietekgiy which means "wear a miniskirt for Ozgecan."

In encouraging males to show their legs and desire to be in solidarity with women's rights groups, the men were challenged through a Facebook post that reads: "If a miniskirt is responsible for everything, if a miniskirt means immortality and unchastity, if a woman who wears a miniskirt is sending an invitation about what will happen to her, then we are also sending an invitation!"

Since the challenge started on Wednesday, the hashtag has been used 1,500 times in social media sites.

On Wednesday, a rally was held with 15,000 participants to protest Aslan's death.

Similar "violence against women" protest marches were held on Saturday in the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Ankara, and some of the male protesters wore miniskirts.

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