Women's Access to Property: A Comparative Study on Islamic and Kemalist Women in Turkey

O’Neil, Mary Lou; Toktaş, Şule

doi:10.1111/johs.12154

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“…The sample of the present study was of interest because it represented a society that was modernized and secularized within the last 100 years (Yesilada & Noordijk, 2010) with substantial heterogeneity in religiosity and patriarchalism, allowing the empirical assessment of their relative roles in parenting. We posited that Muslim religiosity would be associated with attitudes endorsing patriarchal attitudes because Islam defines distinct familial and societal roles for women and men (Hayford & Morgan, 2008; O’Neil & Toktas, 2017). Nevertheless, controlling for the family SES, different types of religiosity were not associated with patriarchal attitudes or practices.…”

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“…MATERNAL RELIGIOSITY, PARENTING, AND ACHIEVEMENT empirical assessment of their relative roles in parenting. We posited that Muslim religiosity would be associated with attitudes endorsing patriarchal attitudes because Islam defines distinct familial and societal roles for women and men (Hayford & Morgan, 2008;O'Neil & Toktas, 2017). Nevertheless, controlling for the family SES, different types of religiosity were not associated with patriarchal attitudes or practices.…”

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“…Another aspect of religiosity that may influence parenting behaviors is its teachings on the roles of men and women in the family and society. Traditional observances of Abrahamic religions tend to endorse the authority of the male, reifying the patriarchal values that endorse gender hierarchy and the differentiation of the roles of men and women (Harrison, 2007; Hayford & Morgan, 2008; O’Neil & Toktas, 2017; Whitehead, 2012). Patriarchal attitudes of the mothers may have a twofold effect on the children’s academic achievement.…”

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Nuanced associations of maternal religious beliefs and patriarchal values with children’s academic achievement.

Guler¹

2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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This study examined the associations of three different measures of maternal religiosity representing symbolic and literal beliefs (subjective symbolic religiosity, belief in divine punishment, and having received formal Quranic training) with the children’s academic achievement at age 7. We used data from a 5-year longitudinal study of a nationally representative cohort of children in Turkey (N = 1,052, 44.6% female), a non-Western, industrialized country with a majority Muslim population. We estimated a model where maternal religiosity had direct and mediated associations with children’s achievement. The mediators were measures of patriarchal attitudes and practices, and parenting behaviors (provision of learning materials, academically stimulating parenting, and harsh parenting). Maternal subjective symbolic religiosity was positively associated with the child’s academic achievement. Maternal belief in divine punishment and patriarchal hierarchy in the family, however, were negatively associated with academically supportive parenting and positively associated with harsh parenting. The negative consequences of the belief in divine punishment differed by socioeconomic status (SES). In families of high SES, if the mothers’ belief in divine punishment was strong, the amount of learning materials provided to them was similar to those provided to their peers of low SES. Although maternal symbolic religiosity was positively associated with parenting and children’s academic achievement, maternal belief in divine punishment emerged as a risk factor. Furthermore, differential associations of maternal religiosity and patriarchal attitudes with parenting behaviors underscored the need to consider their differential impacts on the family.

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Nuanced associations of maternal religious beliefs and patriarchal values with children’s academic achievement.

Guler¹

2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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“…However, home ownership cannot be automatically equalized with empowerment or participation. For example, a qualitative study in Turkey (O'Neil & Toktas, 2017) compared the meaning of home ownership for wealthy women from two different cultural environments in Istanbul; Islamic women living in the Florya neighborhood and Kemalist secular women living in the Nisantasi neighborhood. Most of these women were born in rich families where property ownership was a given.…”

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The effect of home ownership on the independence and participation of Kurdish women in society. A quantitative study of Sanandaj in Iran

Karami,

Hamelink

2023

Studies Ethnicity & National

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Housing is a great family asset, especially in developing countries. Since economic resources bring social and political power, home ownership can be very influential in enhancing people's socio‐political power. The benefits of home ownership become even more notable among groups of people who were deprived of such power. In Sanandaj, home ownership shows a much lower rate among women than among men, and it is therefore interesting to know whether an increase would empower women and in what ways.Methodologically, this study used the Sanandaj Document Registration Office as well as a survey (a questionnaire filled out by 300 female homeowners in Sanandaj) to collect the data. The analysis of the data is based on the Kendall correlation test and Path analysis test. The research results show that there is a very high correlation between home ownership (as an independent variable) and economic independence, decision‐making independence and participation of women in urban communities (as dependent variables). The article concludes that home ownership can significantly improve the independence and participation of Kurdish women in Sanandaj, and makes a number of policy recommendations to reach this goal.

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“…For example, In Turkey, though the courts have mandated equal inheritance rights between men and women in 1926, but only 20% of women own some form of property and 92% of property is owned by men, as women have rescinded their inheritance rights to their male relatives (O'Neil & Toktas, 2017;Toktas, O'neil, et al, 2013;Yasun, 2018).…”

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Women Rights to Inheritance in Muslim Family Law: An Analytical Study

Haque

Solihin

Ahmad

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Rights of women are one of the widely discussed yet debatable issues across the Western and Muslim world. It is seen in the Muslim societies that many women are deprived in terms of inheriting property after the demise of their parents. This is largely happening due to the negligence of practicing Islamic teachings regarding inheritance at individual and family level. However, Islam has placed a dignified position for women in family and society in all sectors. Particularly the principle of inheritance of property has been clearly stated in the holy Qur’an. In this background, this paper emphasises on exploring (a) Qur’anic and Prophetic stand on women’s right to inheritance, (b) the main obstacles that impede women in getting inheritance rights in family and its remedies from the Islamic perspectives. This paper adopts an analytical approach to study this vital issue. Under this approach, the study analyses the relevant data from the two fundamental sources of Islam, Qur’an and Sunnah, along with jurisprudential views and provides solutions to solve the problems related to Muslim women’s inheritance right in family. Findings of this paper indicated that if the Muslim family practices the Islamic teachings regarding the distribution of inheritance among the heirs, it will eradicate the existing discrimination among men and women in this regard and enable women’s financial steadiness in family and society.

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Women's Access to Property: A Comparative Study on Islamic and Kemalist Women in Turkey

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Nuanced associations of maternal religious beliefs and patriarchal values with children’s academic achievement.

Nuanced associations of maternal religious beliefs and patriarchal values with children’s academic achievement.

The effect of home ownership on the independence and participation of Kurdish women in society. A quantitative study of Sanandaj in Iran

Women Rights to Inheritance in Muslim Family Law: An Analytical Study

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