Yerel Yönetim Seçimlerinde Kadın Seçmen ve Temsilcilik: Çorum İli Örneği
Woman Voter and Representation on Local Goverment Elections: The Case of Çorum City

Summary/Abstract: It is necessary to being effective in politics by ladies which society are need to develop Democracy comprehension. Nowadays, woman representation on local government is limited even though half of world’s population is consist of woman. The targets to be achieved is remove the difficulties to replace woman position on politics and social life. Therefore, it is necessary to change society’s opinion for misplaced woman’s position on society like as just mother role or wife role. Besides, Non-Governmental Organizations and Political Parties will support this changing of women’s role in society. In this study, it has proved hypothesis that woman representation are insufficient level on local politics all around the Turkey via applying Çorum and it’s district. For this purpose, local administrative elections has been investigated as voter profile, candidates with gender and results within 2009 and 2014. Especially, woman voter, woman candidate, winning women and it’s representative rate which were indicated in this study. All of data was obtained from Turkish Statistical Institute and Higher Selection Committee. According the result of this study, although 51% is the total rate of woman voter in provincial general election at 2009, only 4% of woman candidates have won in election. Besides, in 2014 just 23% of woman candidates have won in election. In mayoralty election at 2009, although only 4% of woman candidates have won, but there is no elected woman at 2014 in election.

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