• First Language: Turkish

  • Subjects:  Women’s Studies

  • Journal Section: Research Article

  • Authors: Alev ÖZKAZANÇ
    Ankara Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi

    Erman Örsan YETİŞ  
    Ankara Üniversitesi, Kadın Çalışmaları

  • Dates: 1 January 2016

The article tries to emphasize men’s experience in the cases of violence against women. The men’s part of the story is mostly not addressed in the current studies even though it is very crucial. Although violence against women has been accepted as a crucial subject on the political level, it still requires a more intensive debate and has to be fully explored. This is is an even more notable requirement in Turkey. Hereby the article aims to present a new theoretical perspective through a critical review of literature and to propose a new approach that can connect both the literature on violence against women and masculinity studies effectively. It is understood that these two bodies of literature share a common problem of a missing approach that makes a connection between violence against women and other forms of violence, and sees violence in relation to the changing social power structures and its effect on men.

Violence against Women in Turkey, Gender, Perception and Experience of Physical and

Alev ÖZKAZANÇ
Ankara Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi

Erman Örsan YETİŞ  
Ankara Üniversitesi, Kadın Çalışmaları