Türkiye’de Muhafazakâr Sağ Pencereden Kadına Bakış
The Outlook on Women in Turkey from the Conservative Right Perspective

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the purpose is to put forward the outlook of the conservative right parties on women in Turkey. The historical and descriptive research techniques have been used in the study. For this purpose, firstly, information on the historical development of the conservative right in Turkey will be given. Then; the issues of conservative right and women in Turkey will be discussed according to the National Vision Parties starting from the National Order Party (MNP), continuing with the Felicity Party (SP), and the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which prefer being “conservative democrat” and state it in the description of their political identities. At the end of the study, the following findings and conclusions have been reached: In the period of conservative right parties, women were ascribed the role of mother and wife, which are their traditional historical roles; and they were scarcely given any place in the field of politics and economy. Representation of women in public area was enabled with intermediaries such as non-governmental organizations; and women were kept away from executive positions. In the period of conservative parties in which women introduced themselves not as individuals but as the supplementary components of men with status; women were given the right to carry out political, economic and social activities whose direction, rules and boundaries were determined by men.

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