Burcu Kalpaklıoğlu
Biographic Data
| ID | 365385 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Burcu Kalpaklıoğlu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Burcu |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalpaklıoğlu |
| SIGNATURE | KALPAKLIOĞLU B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Temporalities of destiny: Agency, relationality and divorce among women in Istanbul1
This article draws on the life stories of divorcing or divorced women living in Istanbul. By attending to my interlocutors’ transformations over time, in relation to others and divine power, it examines the complex workings of destiny and the idea of imtihan (test from God) in the construction and moral revaluation of women’s life narratives, as well as in their responses to episodes of marital crisis. The concept of imtihan is embedded in a reli…
Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Perspective
Women's sense of their hak, divine justice, and economies of divorce in Istanbul
Building on life story interviews with Muslim women - divorced and living in Istanbul - this article traces women's evocations of hak (haqq, , right) and other related terms in their narratives about financial arrangements during divorce proceedings. Mainly denoting right, justice, truth and due, the polysemic notion of hak encompasses a complex set of meanings that are contextually shaped. My interlocutors' sense of their hak and justice are rel…
Mehir (Dower), Gifts of Gold, and Intimate Economies of Marriage in Istanbul
Islamic mehir practices (dower) and other financial arrangements during a marriage reveal how marriage, gender and religion are understood and reconfigured in Istanbul today. Drawing on religious women's narratives of mehir and gifts of gold, this article examines the complex interplay between economic transactions and intimate marital relationships in Istanbul, as well as the relation between my interlocutors’ practices of mehir and wedding gift…
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Mehir (Dower), Gifts of Gold, and Intimate Economies of Marriage in Istanbul
Islamic mehir practices (dower) and other financial arrangements during a marriage reveal how marriage, gender and religion are understood and reconfigured in Istanbul today. Drawing on religious women's narratives of mehir and gifts of gold, this article examines the complex interplay between economic transactions and intimate marital relationships in Istanbul, as well as the relation between my interlocutors’ practices of mehir and wedding gift…
Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Perspective
Women's sense of their hak, divine justice, and economies of divorce in Istanbul
Building on life story interviews with Muslim women - divorced and living in Istanbul - this article traces women's evocations of hak (haqq, , right) and other related terms in their narratives about financial arrangements during divorce proceedings. Mainly denoting right, justice, truth and due, the polysemic notion of hak encompasses a complex set of meanings that are contextually shaped. My interlocutors' sense of their hak and justice are rel…
Temporalities of destiny: Agency, relationality and divorce among women in Istanbul1
This article draws on the life stories of divorcing or divorced women living in Istanbul. By attending to my interlocutors’ transformations over time, in relation to others and divine power, it examines the complex workings of destiny and the idea of imtihan (test from God) in the construction and moral revaluation of women’s life narratives, as well as in their responses to episodes of marital crisis. The concept of imtihan is embedded in a reli…
Islam (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works)