Through “End of Empire: Islam, Nationalism, and Women in Turkey,” discussed
by Deniz Kandiyoti, portrays the development of Turkey by demonstrating the
transformation process it undergoes—from a ‘multi-ethnic empire’ to a secular
nation state. “I have attempted to show
how the appearance of women, first as objects of political discourse and later
as political actors and citizens, was intimately bound up with the changing
nature of the Ottoman/Turkish polity.”
The critiquing of women reformist
conditions were observed in regards to ‘Westernism’ and the cultural tension
between Western-oriented bureaucracies and the (opposing) Ottoman Empire. Thus,
male reformers demanded change in the framework of women institutions in terms
of reflecting their ideology upon the Islamic society—benefits assumed to
increase the communities health as whole—the liberation of Muslim women in
Turkey had been challenging in the beginning of the Second Constitutional
period.
However, The Society for the Defense of Women’s Rights has been recognized
on challenging and securing women’s access to paid professions. Such regimes
enact in order to serve the ‘women’s world’ because Muslim women have an active
role in shaping public opinion in contemporary Turkey. Lastly, three sets of
new influences have emerged in the prominence of women’s rights issues seen in
this period: the rise of ideology in regards to Turkism, the requirements of
having a war in terms of the economy—from the Balkan War up until the end of
World War I—the outcome effects on the social and economic policies from the
Young Turks members of the Committee of Union and Progress.
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