Islamists and Women’s Rights
Lessons from Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13036859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mehmet Gurses (0000-0002-2884-0533, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-44 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of the Middle East and Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2152-0844 • E-ISSN: 2152-0852 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21520844.2015.1027124 |
| OpenAlex | W1577614290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The emergence and evolution of Islamism in Turkey, a country with a history of (secular) democratic practices that goes back to 1950, has been the subject of numerous scholarly works. Several studies ascribe the transformation experienced by Islamists in Turkey to their interaction with democratic institutions. These studies argue that Islamists in Turkey have become more supportive of democracy over time. Despite a significant level of support for democracy, which is viewed largely as the holding of free and fair elections, this study shows that the same cannot be said of Islamists’ attitudes toward gender equality. An analysis of the data collected by the World Values Survey (WVS) for Turkey over the last decade reveals that supporters of Islamist political parties manifest significantly more negative attitudes toward women when compared to attitudes of those who support other political parties
Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Survey data collection · World Values Survey · Gender Politics and Representation · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |