Kemalism and Turkish women

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6409178
AutoresZehra F Kabasakal Arat (0000-0003-1994-4223, autor de correspondencia), Zehra Arat
Año1994
Volumen14
Número4
Páginas57-80
Fecha de publicación1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWomen & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1554477x.1994.9970716
OpenAlexW2076721878
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

The Kemalist regime that replaced the Ottoman rule in Turkey is often praised for promoting gender equality and emancipation of women. Although the republican governments' policies led to considerable progress in certain areas, they fell short of achieving gender equality. The limited nature of the progress has usually been explained either by the strength of Islamic tradition which curtailed the goals of Kemalism, or by the cautious strategy of the Kemalists who pursued a gradual course of change to avoid further alienation of the tradition groups. This paper argues that Kemalism was limited in it intentions in regard to the change in women's social role and gender relations and sought progress only to the level that had prevailed in the West where the female was still the second sex. Thus, Kemalism intended to equip the Turkish women with education and finer skills, only to improve their contribution to the Republican patriarchy as better wives and mothers. A three level content analysis, based on the

Linguistics · Political science · Turkish · Gender Politics and Representation · Medicine · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society