Year 2009 – Volume 1 – Issue 1

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Arzu Burcu Tuner Dedeoğlu Dates: 1 January 2009 These two separate pictures taken in 1913 were published in Life History Magazine in 1968. It is not stated who took the photos. These women, who collected donations for the Red Crescent, were the subjects of photographs in the public space. The woman we see in the picture on the left wears a dark and modest dress, but it is clear that this style of clothing does not prevent her from communicating with men or going [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Senem Gökçe Dates: 1 January 2009 This photo was published in Life Magazine in 1957. In the photo we see the famous Hollywood star Pier Angeli, who is taking care of his two-year-old child. Pier Angeli looks simple, elegant, even tempting, in contrast to the glitz and glamor that we are usually accustomed to seeing an actress in her dress. The actress sits with her legs entwined in a manner that is both elegant and sexy, but definitely respectable. This sitting position supports her [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Elif Ekin AKŞİT Dates: 1 January 2009 The history of education in the Ottoman empire and the Turkish republic, among others, show that nationalist projects have used the motherhood qualities of women in order to imagine new communities. The role of Kurdish women in the advent of Turkish nationalism goes beyond their potential as information banks where lost and or created knowledge is stored. The resistance and independent thinking the Kurdish students of the Girls' Institutes have developed exemplify that while the preservation of [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Semiha TUNA Dates: 1 January 2009 The nationalist project of Kemalist ideology was constructed in the house . Women were reduced to fertiliy and mother roles, and thus raising new generations. Education of women basicly important for the existence of the nation and for the citiziens who were going to be raised. As a modernist practice, Village Instutes provide us different foresights in terms of women education. Women’s most important mission in the Village Institutes was the education of village women. Women teachers who had [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Elifhan KÖSE  0000-0001-9909-1923 Dates: 1 January 2009 Turkish Conservatism as a cultural apparatus, has a great role in the mollification of radical modernity. Mild modernisation of women is an essential part of this cultural language of conservatism. Ayverdi, as a conservative woman, deals with this mildy modern tranformation of women in behalf of maintaining of old cultural merits. She is also interested in details life style. Ayverdi highlights the “Turkish Muslim woman” as a resistant moral esence of Conservatism and Turkish Modernisation. Turkey, Conservatism, [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Şebnem CANSUN  0000-0003-0797-9699 Dates: 1 January 2009 This paper is written to portray how the center-right Yeni Şafak Daily’s columnists perceived and dealt with the Turkish women’s issues in 2008. In the evaluation of the articles as well as in the parts where the results are presented, special attention is given to women's issues mostly discussed in Yeni Şafak and the gender of the columnists. In 2008, the Yeni Şafak Daily’s columnists focused on three main areas regarding women. As the first one, male [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Semiha TUNA Dates: 1 January 2009 The nationalist project of Kemalist ideology was constructed in the house . Women were reduced to fertiliy and mother roles, and thus raising new generations. Education of women basicly important for the existence of the nation and for the citiziens who were going to be raised. As a modernist practice, Village Instutes provide us different foresights in terms of women education. Women’s most important mission in the Village Institutes was the education of village women. Women teachers who [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Elifhan KÖSE 0000-0001-9909-1923 Dates: 1 January 2009 Turkish Conservatism as a cultural apparatus, has a great role in the mollification of radical modernity. Mild modernisation of women is an essential part of this cultural language of conservatism. Ayverdi, as a conservative woman, deals with this mildy modern tranformation of women in behalf of maintaining of old cultural merits. She is also interested in details life style. Ayverdi highlights the “Turkish Muslim woman” as a resistant moral esence of Conservatism and Turkish Modernisation Turkey, Conservatism, [...]