Kiğılı’s Discrimination E-Mail Reacted

Kiğılı, one of Turkey’s well-established clothing brands, due to internal email It came up. In the e-mail sent by Kiğılı to some employees, a reminder was made about the dress code procedure, citing the increasing air temperatures.

In the aforementioned reminder, ‘for working with their blue-collar colleagues‘ not to overdo it especially in decollete and skirt lengths and ‘the hips should be dressed so as not to be conspicuous. expressed. Kiğılı’s explanation was as follows:

The e-mail Kiğılı sent to his employees:

“Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing air temperatures, we wanted to remind you of the dress-up procedure.

Rules regarding accessories, hair care, decollete, and hemline are clearly stated in our dress-up procedure.

As we work together with our blue-collar colleagues, we advise you not to overdo it, especially in decollete and skirt lengths, and not to dress in a way that does not draw attention to the hips.

With love and respect”

Defense came from Kiğılı:

While the company received mixed reactions after Kiğılı’s e-mail, which was reflected in the media, a statement was also made by Kiğılı. A Kiğılı official reached by BirGün argued that the regulation in question was written by an employee and that the management was unaware of the statements contained in the e-mail. The entire statement was as follows:

We feel the need to make a statement regarding the sharing of our informational content titled “About the Dress Code” on various social media platforms.

We wanted to remind you of our dress up procedure this year, as it is every year, due to seasonal changes.

However, we would like to underline that we are very sorry for this statement, which was written on the initiative of a person representing the Kiğılı brand, which is not within our approval and is full of expressions that are beyond the limits of the limits.

In line with this approach, we have taken the necessary sanction as soon as possible and implemented all necessary procedures for the use of related expressions that are incompatible with our corporate culture.

Since the first day we were founded, we have acted in line with the principle of “equality” and, as a brand that carries out all our business processes in this way, we care about all our colleagues.

While we place our egalitarian approach even on the labels of the products we produce, we regret that such a statement is reflected in our institution.

We would like to underline once again that we manage all our business processes without giving up the concept of “respect for people and human rights”, which is at the top of the values ​​that make up our corporate culture. As the Kiğılı family, we apologize for keeping the public busy with such an agenda.”

The reactions from social media were as follows: