Journal Name:
- European Journal of Economic and Political Studies
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Abstract (2. Language):
Moving from the case of Istanbul this paper emphasizes on the attitudes of
Turkish society towards women’s status and roles. Based upon a field work carried out
in Istanbul, in 2008, it quests how Turkish society perceives woman’s nature, her
familial, social, economic and political roles. As the result of this investigation indicates
Turkish society seems to develop an egalitarian attitude towards gender roles either in
familial or social and political life. This can be associated to the modernization of
Turkey that has been followed for two hundred years on the attempts to articulate
women into the public life in particular through education and employment. It can be
said that women have been taken by the ruling elites as the mark of Turkish
modernization over the basis of western values. Despite the deep rooted patriarchal
values in Turkish culture, perhaps this pattern of change has paved the way for the
development of an egalitarian attitude towards gender roles in Turkish society.
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