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This article analyses various aspects of the Turkish social policy regarding domestic work in Turkey. I argue that the legal status of domestic workers in Turkey can be explained through 1) Ambiguity, 2) Contradiction and 3) Sexism. The... more
This article analyses various aspects of the Turkish social policy regarding domestic work in Turkey. I argue that the legal status of domestic workers in Turkey can be explained through 1) Ambiguity, 2) Contradiction and 3) Sexism.
The article will be published in "Türkiye'de Sosyal Politika ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet" (Social Policy and Gender in Turkey) by Imge Kitapevi. The editors are Saniye Dedeoğlu and Adem Yavuz Elveren.
The article will be published in "Türkiye'de Sosyal Politika ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet" (Social Policy and Gender in Turkey) by Imge Kitapevi. The editors are Saniye Dedeoğlu and Adem Yavuz Elveren.
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It is easy for states to ratify all the necessary conventions and take all the necessary legal steps in outlawing child marriages. However, it is the very social system that produces child brides that should be put under investigation.
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The Turkish government has proposed a bill that will suspend all media offences committed before December 2011. I question whether the draft law actually improve press freedom.
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During the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a Turkish National TV presenter censored John Lennon’s song Imagine. I discuss how Turkey is trying to eliminate its citizens’ ability to imagine a world without religion.
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A new law allowing parents to send their children to Islamic schools at an earlier age has polarized Turkish society.
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YouTube was banned for three years in Turkey on the grounds that certain videos were insulting to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the modern republic's founder, or to "Turkishness".
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A documentary depicting the Turkish Republic’s founder, Kemal Atatürk, as a "drunken debaucher" was seen as an attack on "Turkishness".
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In March 2011, two prominent investigative journalists were arrested in Turkey because of their alleged ties to a terrorist organisation. Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener faced 15 years' imprisonment if they were convicted.
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This article examines dominant discourses on motherhood in Turkey in light of a puzzling case, which involves women who bear children out of wedlock. Drawing on ongoing political discussions on the Turkish family structure that are rooted... more
This article examines dominant discourses on motherhood in Turkey in light of a puzzling case, which involves women who bear children out of wedlock. Drawing on ongoing political discussions on the Turkish family structure that are rooted in a specific understanding of Islam and gender, and exploring the legal and practical difficulties surrounding birth registration, marriage, and abortion, we ask what constitutes «legitimate» and «illegitimate» modes of relationship between men and women in Turkey, and show how women who give birth out of wedlock are treated as an «empty category» that does not exist in Turkish society.