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Women in Politics: Turkey, Greece, and Italy
Turkey
?Turkey?s recently elected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke a congratulatory message to Turkish women at the beginning of December, 2003, on the 69th anniversary of women?s suffrage and the right for women to stand in elections in Turkey.? Erdogan echoed Kemal Ataturk?s message from decades ago that women and men must be seen as equal parts of a society before a nation can develop.? ?Turkish women have held a respected place in Turkish society throughout history,? he said.? ?Thanks to this respect accorded to women, they retain a significant place in society as individuals.?[1]
?Women?s suffrage came relatively early to Turkey compared with many other countries in the world, including several of Turkey?s European neighbors.? Suffrage came about after Ataturk established the Turkish Republic in 1923 and set up a secular government that mirrored those of Western democracies, including the separation of church and state.? Turkey was traditionally Islam (and still is today) so supported the social hierarchy common to this religious tradition. ?However, Ataturk sought to encourage equality that granted political rights and social opportunities to all citizens, thus beginning an interesting and generally successful tension between Islam and democracy.? In attempts to encourage democracy and modernization, Ataturk granted women the right to vote in municipal elections in 1930 and in parliamentary elections in 1934.[2]? Prior to 1934, only 28 countries in the world granted women the right to vote and be elected as members of parliament, and only 17 countries actually elected women to parliament, so Turkey?s move was rather progressive.[3]? As Turkey hoped to b...
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...ion of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 6 December 2001.
[12] Ibid.
[13] Geoff Meade, ?No Progress on Political Equity.? The Press Association, 12 September 2003. Lexis-Nexis.
[14] Ibid.
[15] Sianou, Women in Decision-making.
[16] Ibid.
[17] Christina Odone, ?Cia to la donna italiana: Six ministers in new Italian cabinet are women.? New Statesman, 30 October 1998. Wilson Web.
[18] ?Participation in Political Life of the Country: Italy.? United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 9 June 1998.
[19] Maria Grazia Ruggerini, Women in Decision-making, European Database: Italy. Available at www.db-decision.de/CoRe/Italy.htm; INTERNET.
[20] Meade, ?No Progress on Political Equality.?
[21] ?EU dismay at women?s lack of political power,? Agene France Presse, 12 September 2003. Lexis-Nexis.
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Today, nothing remains of the former social role of women. Nearly all professions are open to women. The numbers of women in the government and traditionally male-dominated fields have dramatically increased. More women than men earn bachelor’s degrees. Many women's groups still prevail and are major political forces. Although the two movements hoped to achieve different things and used different tactics, they still came together to gain women’s rights and have achieved more than anyone would have ever anticipated.
2. Nilges, Thorston. "Gender Inequality in Politics." Koed.hu. N.p., 2005. Web. 18 Mar. 2014. .
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