Activists in Action: Founding Women`s Organizations and Establishing Their Activities in Turkey

Abstract

This paper is about the women’s organizations in Turkey. It focuses particularly on the legal structures, activities, aims and target groups of the women’s organizations. Based on in-depth interviews with 33 activist women from five cities in Turkey, including Istanbul, Ankara, Van, Diyarbakır and Trabzon, it aims to understand the ways through which women get organized and form their activities, for what reasons.

Keywords

• Women’s organizations
• women’s activism
• legal structure
• target group.

Aktivistler İşbaşında: Türkiye’deki Kadın Örgütleri ve Faaliyetleri

Abstract

Bu çalışma Türkiye’deki kadın örgütlerini incelemektedir. Örgütlerin hukuki yapıları, faaliyetleri, amaçları ve hedef kitlelerine odaklanan çalışma, Türkiye’nin beş şehrinden (İstanbul, Ankara, Van, Diyarbakır ve Trabzon) 33 aktivist kadınla yapılan derinlemesine mülakatlara dayanmakta ve özellikle kadınların ne amaçla ve ne tür süreçler den geçerek örgütlendiklerini ve faaliyetlerini nasıl şekillendirdiklerini anlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

• Kadın örgütleri
• kadın aktivizmi
• hukuki yapı
• hedef kitle

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