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  • Political religion and politicized women in Turkey : hegemonic republicanism revisited
    Eslen-Ziya, Hande ; Korkut, Umut
    Since its establishment in 1923, the Republic of Turkey has assumed a sacred character, owing primarily to the influence of republicanism, the countryʼs dominant political religion. Processes of ... modernization, inherent in republicanism, became the main instigators for the improvement of womenʼs rights in Turkey from the 1920s and 1930s onwards. However, thanks to the subsequent Europeanization process in Turkey, coinciding with the new millennium, modernization has acquired new meanings. The new interpretations of modernization, do not necessarily support the dominant political religion in Turkey. Gender policy is a crucial area to gauge how modernization and republicanism clash and/or converge with each other. This article comprehensively examines how, very recently, the demands of gender rights activists have accentuated differences between republicanism and modernization. We argue that the schism among womensʼ groups in the public sphere regarding rights has been important for triggering debate and questioning the ongoing salience of republicanism. The article contributes to literature on political religions by suggesting that the sacralization of the republic, driven by Turkish nationbuilding processes in our case, may be hampered by the process of modernization once this process becomes autonomous from sacralization and generates its own momentum.
    Vir: Totalitarian movements and political religions. - ISSN 1469-0764 (Vol. 11, iss. 3/4, 2010, str. 311-326)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2010
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1024474433

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