Year 2023 – Volume 15 – Issue 1

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Belgin Tarhan Dates: June 2023 Leyla Erbil, a writer of the 1950s generation talks about the depression and trauma caused by being a witness of violence and oppression that has been hidden in unjust and unequal relations in all her works, from her first story to her last novel. She raises the evils pushed out of the collective memory to the surface by making use of the possibilities of philosophy, psychiatry and modern literature and invites the readers to face them together with [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Duygu Onay Coker Dates: June 2023 In this article, Simone de Beauvoir’s story The Woman Destroyed is reread through the philosopher’s two main works, the Second Sex and Ethics of Ambiguity. The reason for this is to reveal that the story of “Monique”, a self-sacrificing wife/mother, who seemed to be destined for her immanence, is a story of hope and subjectification, which progresses towards destruction through her daily narrative. Because this feature of the text is closed and has been subjected to intense criticism, [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Merve Çeltikci Dates: 1 January 2009 How and why can’t a research be done? What should we do if we cannot obtain enough information as a feminist researcher? What should we or shouldn’t do if our research consists of questions we can’t ask, appointments we barely make, and waiting for days? From our informants to our attempts, to the solutions we found for the course of the research and the issues we prefer to keep silent about, how does it make us feel? Or how does research [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors:Erol Esen, Barışcan Öztürk, Adil Kaval Dates: June 2023 The aim of this study is to adapt the Online Sexual Harassment Scale (OSHS) into Turkish and examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish form. The study  also aims to examine whether university students' exposure to online sexual harassment differs in terms of gender. Data obtained from 340 university students (221 women, 119 men). In order to determine the construct validity of the scale, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted. CFA results confirmed the two-factor [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Selma Değirmenci Dates: June 2023 The cooperative economy is discussed within the framework of various experiences and approaches whether it will create an alternative in today's economic relations with the historical backround. One pillar of these discussions is women's cooperatives. Women's cooperatives are also the subject of women's struggle beyond the question of creating an alternative production space for women. However, the criterion of "success" in the evaluation of women's cooperatives differs. In this study, it will be discussed how the evaluation of women's cooperatives [...]

First Language: English Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Alparslan Nas Dates: June 2023 Throughout the 1990s, women’s Islamic headcover (hijab or headscarf) has been subject to restrictions in public offices, leading to faith and gender discrimination in Turkey. In the last two decades, the visibility of Islam in politics and the public sphere has increased, leading to the resolution of the “headscarf ban” in 2013. Since then, discussions about veiling have moved from the official sphere to the cultural sphere. In recent years, there has been a growing tendency among a new generation [...]

First Language: English Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Book Review Authors: Ayşe Saktanber Dates: June 2023 Book Review Ayşe Saktanber Dergipark Full Text

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Feyda Sayan-Cengiz, Faika Çelik Dates: June 2023 This study aims to explore women’s experiences of public spaces in İzmir from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s across the axis of generation and class, inquiring the continuities and transformations in the lives of women belonging to two consecutive generations. The study investigates the role of public spaces in the constitution of women’s experiences of the public/private distinction. Employing an intersectionality approach, the study relies on 29 in-depth interviews conducted with women of different generations [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Sena Kaçar, İsmail Kervankıran Dates: June 2023 This study deals with the based on everyday life knowledge their access to tourism spaces, the limitations they experience, and the struggle strategies of older women in tourism spaces. The aim of the study is to examine the gender and age-based social and spatial organization and unequal spatial relations produced by discriminatory discourses and representations of older women in tourism spaces. For this purpose in the study, a qualitative research method was applied, face-to-face interviews were conducted with [...]

First Language: Turkish Subjects:  Women's Studies Journal Section: Research Article Authors: Biray Anıl Birer Yanık Dates: June 2023 This study aims to understand women’s experiences of space and the innovations brought about by the modernisation process in a provincial company town in the 1950’s and 60’s from a feminist standpoint perspective. Around Değirmisaz lignite colliery, which was operated by the state until the mid-1960s, social facilities were established with the increasing population. Over time, Değirmisaz became a company town with its own unique conditions. The history of company towns in Turkey and around the world, [...]