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Religion, Politics and Gender Equality in Turkey: implications of a democratic paradox?

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  • Yeşim Arat

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This article examines the gendered implications of the intertwining of Islam and politics that took shape after the process of democratisation in Turkey had brought a political party with an Islamist background to power. This development revived the spectre of restrictive sex roles for women. The country is thus confronted with a democratic paradox: the expansion of religious freedoms accompanying potential and/or real threats to gender equality. The ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities has been the most visible terrain of public controversy on Islam. However, the paper argues that a more threatening development is the propagation of patriarchal religious values, sanctioning secondary roles for women through the public bureaucracy as well as through the educational system and civil society organisations.

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  • Yeşim Arat, 2010. "Religion, Politics and Gender Equality in Turkey: implications of a democratic paradox?," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(6), pages 869-884.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:31:y:2010:i:6:p:869-884
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2010.502712
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    1. F. Kemal Kızılca, 2016. "Breaking with Dogma: Unorthodox Consumption Patterns and Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 1-30, October.
    2. Corekcioglu, Gozde, 2021. "Unveiling the effects of a headscarf ban: Evidence from municipal jobs in Turkey," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 382-404.
    3. Melike Kökkizil, 2022. "Parental Religiosity and Missing School-Girls in Turkey," BEMPS - Bozen Economics & Management Paper Series BEMPS91, Faculty of Economics and Management at the Free University of Bozen.
    4. Nora Stein & Janet Kursawe & Denis Köhler, 2023. "Contesting State-Led Patriarchy—The Drivers, Demands and Dynamics of Women’s Participation in the Gezi Uprisings in Turkey 2013," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-16, December.
    5. Nilüfer Narlı & Ayşegül Akdemir, 2019. "Female Emotional Labour in Turkish Call Centres: Smiling Voices Despite Low Job Satisfaction," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 24(3), pages 278-296, September.

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