Paternalism, Modernization, and the Gender Regime in Turkey

Parmaksız, Pınar Melis Yelsalı

doi:10.3167/asp.2016.100104

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“…The recurrent accent on maternalism (a woman who refuses to become a mother is portrayed as deficient and incomplete) and president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's rejection of gender equality (reported by Aksoy 2018: 101) are among the indicators of the AKP's conservative positions on gender equality issues. The conservative gender ideology of the AKP does not stand alone; it intertwines with neoliberal and patriarchal values and shapes women's status in contemporary Turkey (Coşar 2019;Coşar, Yeğenoğlu 2011;Kandiyoti 2016;Parmaksız 2016). It is indeed the party's conservative stance on gender issues that appears highly relevant for the analysis of women's political representation in the present paper.…”

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Female politicians of the AKP: Gendered Uses and Ambiguities of Conservative Party Ideology

Drechselová¹

2021

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Female politicians of the AKP: Gendered Uses and Ambiguities of Conservative Party Ideology

Drechselová¹

2021

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Women’s Political Involvement and Local Politics in Turkey

Drechselová

2020

Local Power and Female Political Pathways in Turkey

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From Criticism to Collaboration: Politics of Naturalist Mothering in Turkey

Tanir

2022

Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State &Amp; Society

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Naturalist mothering has become a remarkably influential trend in the last decade, transforming the popular discourse of good motherhood in Turkey, especially among urban, highly educated, middle-class, and mostly upper-middle-class mothers. In this article, I examine the perception and presentation of naturalist mothering as a safe and ideal method of protection from health and environment risks by these affluent mothers. Foregrounding their narratives in the ongoing context of neoliberal conservatization in Turkey, and by bringing together debates on the social determinants of risk, neoliberal governmentality, and feminist political ecology, I argue that invoking naturalism as a safe alternative to perceived environmental threats reinforces the assignment of care labor to women. Despite originating in discontent and critique of the policies and regulations of the current conservative neoliberal government, the propagation of naturalist methods as a safer ideal in fact perpetuates gender inequalities already in play.

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Paternalism, Modernization, and the Gender Regime in Turkey

Cited by 4 publications

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Female politicians of the AKP: Gendered Uses and Ambiguities of Conservative Party Ideology

Female politicians of the AKP: Gendered Uses and Ambiguities of Conservative Party Ideology

Women’s Political Involvement and Local Politics in Turkey

From Criticism to Collaboration: Politics of Naturalist Mothering in Turkey

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