Diversifying feminism in Turkey in the 1990s

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buir.advisorErman, Tahire
dc.contributor.authorYüksel, Metin
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T10:58:51Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T10:58:51Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to diversify feminism in Turkey with a particular reference to Kurdish women’s relationship with the feminist movement in Turkey in the 1990s. The thesis argues that feminism in Turkey, to a large extent, has been ethnicity-blind as it has been implicitly assumed that all women in Turkey are of Turkish ethnic origin. Yet it is claimed that, of a different ethnic origin, Kurdish women undergo a dual oppression and subordination due both to their gender and ethnic origin. In this context, a relationship will be constructed between Black women’s experience in the West and that of Kurdish women in Turkey. These arguments will be based on a review of the relevant literature in addition to in-depth interviews carried out with nine politically active Kurdish women. Furthermore, it will be argued that Kurdish women’s political activism in the 1990s’ Turkey as ‘Kurdish women’ emanates from the fact that they were not recognized as ‘Kurdish’ women by the feminist movement on the one hand, and not as ‘women’ by Kurdish nationalism on the other. Despite these drawbacks of the two movements under consideration, it will be indicated that, Kurdish women’s political activism might be considered as a consequence of the configuration of these two movements. Moreover, this thesis argues that, among the many strands of the feminist theories, Black feminism has important insights in understanding and explaining the specific form of oppression and subordination of Kurdish women in Turkey.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityYüksel, Metinen_US
dc.format.extentx, 138 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB072169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/29385
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectthe 1990sen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectKurdish womenen_US
dc.subjectDifferenceen_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subject.lccHQ1726.7 .Y85 2003en_US
dc.subject.lcshFeminism Turkey.en_US
dc.titleDiversifying feminism in Turkey in the 1990sen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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