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Safak Pavey 9 février 2014

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The New Review (UK) Sunday, February 9, 2014, p. 12-13
Cover Story: « Who would be a woman in politics? »

Constanze Letsch

Safak Pavey * is not a conventional parliamentarian. When she visits towns all over Turkey, she arrives in the battered family car. Instead of bodyguards and a driver, she is often accompanied by her mother, one of Turkey’s most famous and courageous investigative journalists, Ayse Onal. (suite…)

Turkey’s soap operas touch Egypt’s heart 11 janvier 2013

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Daily News Egypt, Friday January 11, 2013

Sarah El Masry

Facebook group Egypt Sarcasm Society prepared this satirical poster after the 25 January revolution where Egypt is raped like the character Fatma in « What’s the fault of Fatmagul? » soap opera. (suite…)

Stage Mothers 24 décembre 2012

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The New Yorker, December 24-31, 2012, p. 72-85 (Abstract)

Elif Batuman, Our Far-Flung Correspondents

A women’s theatre in rural Turkey. (suite…)

Turkey’s women struggle for work 15 octobre 2012

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BBC News (UK) 15 October 2012

Katy Watson reports.

The past decade has seen Turkey’s economy soar, but while jobs have been created and industries have grown, the number of women in the workforce is far lower than its peers. (suite…)

This silence hurts Turkish women 16 juillet 2012

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The Guardian (UK) Monday 16 July 2012, p. 22

Elif Shafak * in Istanbul

Turkey’s move to restrict caesarean births reminds us that rights we take for granted can also be taken away (suite…)

Premier Of Turkey Seeks Limits On Abortions 30 mai 2012

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The New York Times (USA) Wednesday, May 30, 2012, p. A9

By Sebnem Arsu, Istanbul

Calling abortion an act of murder and an insidious plan to reduce the Turkish population, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Tuesday for legislation to restrict women’s access to the procedure. (suite…)

Women see worrisome shift in Turkey 26 avril 2012

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International Herald Tribune (USA) Thursday, April 26, 2012, p. 1

By Dan Bilefsky And Sebnem Arsu, Istanbul

Domestic abuse grows as government favors conservative policies. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch March 2012 31 mars 2012

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, March 2012

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

The expendable sex 24 mars 2012

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Financial Times (UK) Saturday, March 24, 2012, p. 15

Review by Suzy Hansen

In her groundbreaking 2008 book Honour Killing , the Turkish journalist Ayse Onal interviewed a 14-year-old boy named Mehmet Taner who « slit the throat » of his 16-year-old cousin for « going about in cafés ». (suite…)

Interview with Bernard Lewis 5 mars 2012

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Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ), Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter 2012)               Türkçe

Bernard Lewis

In this exclusive interview with TPQ, Bernard Lewis attributes Turkey’s historical progress to the practice of self-critique and to the choice of women’s empowerment. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch January 2012 31 janvier 2012

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, January 2012

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Seeking real equality for Turkey’s women 30 novembre 2011

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The Daily Star (Lebanon) November 30, 2011                       Français  عربي

By Idil Aybars *

Turkish women were among the first in Europe to exercise political rights with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1924, but 87 years later Turkey ranks 122nd of the 135 countries in the 2011 Global Gender Gap Index. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch October 2011 31 octobre 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, October 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch July 2011 31 juillet 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, July 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yiğitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch June 2011 30 juin 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, June 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Turkish women, west German feminists, and the gendered discourse on Muslim cultural difference 24 mai 2011

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Springerin, Band 17, Heft 2 (Frühjahr 2011)                                    Deutsch

Rita Chin

Islamophobia has become the « defining mental state of the new Europe », concentrated mainly in the image of the female Muslim immigrant. In a discourse mainly driven by feminists, writes Rita Chin, what began as the expression of concern for Turkish women and their problems in West German society became the articulation of boundaries between East and West, between feminist praxis and unreformed patriarchy. (suite…)

‘You have dishonoured your family, please kill yourself’ 27 mars 2009

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The Independent (UK), March 27  2009, pp. 34-35

By Ramita Navai in Batman

As Turkey cracks down on ‘honour killings’ after they reach record levels, women are now told to commit suicide (suite…)

Duygu Asena (April 19, 1946 – July 30, 2006) 22 août 2006

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The Times (UK)

August 21, 2006

Duygu Asena fought hard over the past three decades to achieve equality for the women of Turkey. (suite…)