Ayşe Alnıaçık
Biographic Data
| ID | 4121058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ayşe Alnıaçık |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ayşe |
| FAMILY NAME | Alnıaçık |
| SIGNATURE | ALNIAÇIK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5789-8398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Feminists debate the family
This article studies the resurgence of debates on the meanings of family among feminist activists in Turkey in terms of a movement–countermovement dynamic. Based on interviews conducted with activists and allies, we study feminists’ contestations of right-wing familialism. We show how they produce alternatives to the definition of the family promoted by the government and problematize the normalization of gender inequality in the name of protecti…
The “best interest of a child” in anti-gender mobilizations
Researchers of anti-gender mobilizations emphasize the central role of child well-being narratives, yet this aspect remains underexplored. This article addresses that gap by focusing on how the “best interest of a child” is strategically used in anti-gender campaigns across Denmark, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. Using framing theory, we analyze how this frame is constructed, emotionally charged, and politically instrumentalized. Bas…
Family Disaster
This article provides a case study regarding struggles over framing gender violence as a political issue. It looks at how gender violence initially entered political discourse and state legislation in Turkey. It identifies the main political actors as feminists, Islamists, and Kemalists, and examines their impacts on state policy-making processes and outcomes. It argues that, in the Turkish context, the Islamism–Kemalism divide contoured the limi…
School to work or school to home? An analysis of women's vocational education in Turkey as a path to employment
This paper focuses on women's vocational education in Turkey as a gendered and gendering process. Cultural norms about women's role in society, a vocational curriculum that echoes these norms, and a labour market with gender inequalities constitute the background against which women formulate their vocational preferences and seek pathways into the labour market. We use the literatures on gender and vocational education, school-to-work transitions…
Gender Policy Architecture in Turkey
This article studies the institutionalization and implementation of policies addressing women’s low labor force participation in Turkey. It examines how state actors and institutions translate gender mainstreaming and work–family balance in the Turkish policy context. Approaching the state as a multi-layered and hierarchical set of institutions and practices, we trace the emergence of a policy architecture that marginalizes questions of women’s e…
Reflections from the conference “Turkey debates its social policies
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Gender Policy Architecture in Turkey
This article studies the institutionalization and implementation of policies addressing women’s low labor force participation in Turkey. It examines how state actors and institutions translate gender mainstreaming and work–family balance in the Turkish policy context. Approaching the state as a multi-layered and hierarchical set of institutions and practices, we trace the emergence of a policy architecture that marginalizes questions of women’s e…
Family Disaster
This article provides a case study regarding struggles over framing gender violence as a political issue. It looks at how gender violence initially entered political discourse and state legislation in Turkey. It identifies the main political actors as feminists, Islamists, and Kemalists, and examines their impacts on state policy-making processes and outcomes. It argues that, in the Turkish context, the Islamism–Kemalism divide contoured the limi…
Reflections from the conference “Turkey debates its social policies
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Reflections from the conference “Turkey debates its social policies
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Gender Policy Architecture in Turkey
This article studies the institutionalization and implementation of policies addressing women’s low labor force participation in Turkey. It examines how state actors and institutions translate gender mainstreaming and work–family balance in the Turkish policy context. Approaching the state as a multi-layered and hierarchical set of institutions and practices, we trace the emergence of a policy architecture that marginalizes questions of women’s e…
School to work or school to home? An analysis of women's vocational education in Turkey as a path to employment
This paper focuses on women's vocational education in Turkey as a gendered and gendering process. Cultural norms about women's role in society, a vocational curriculum that echoes these norms, and a labour market with gender inequalities constitute the background against which women formulate their vocational preferences and seek pathways into the labour market. We use the literatures on gender and vocational education, school-to-work transitions…
Family Disaster
This article provides a case study regarding struggles over framing gender violence as a political issue. It looks at how gender violence initially entered political discourse and state legislation in Turkey. It identifies the main political actors as feminists, Islamists, and Kemalists, and examines their impacts on state policy-making processes and outcomes. It argues that, in the Turkish context, the Islamism–Kemalism divide contoured the limi…
Feminists debate the family
This article studies the resurgence of debates on the meanings of family among feminist activists in Turkey in terms of a movement–countermovement dynamic. Based on interviews conducted with activists and allies, we study feminists’ contestations of right-wing familialism. We show how they produce alternatives to the definition of the family promoted by the government and problematize the normalization of gender inequality in the name of protecti…
The “best interest of a child” in anti-gender mobilizations
Researchers of anti-gender mobilizations emphasize the central role of child well-being narratives, yet this aspect remains underexplored. This article addresses that gap by focusing on how the “best interest of a child” is strategically used in anti-gender campaigns across Denmark, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. Using framing theory, we analyze how this frame is constructed, emotionally charged, and politically instrumentalized. Bas…
Gender Politics and Representation (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Framing (construction) (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works)