THE DEPICTION OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN TURKEY IN THE EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF THE ERA

Öz

For the peripheral modernisation projects, women have oftenly been the face of a rapidly modenising nation, shifting it from one civilisation to the other. The body of the women, its presentation and limits have always had connotative meanings, circumscribing their individuality within the identity of a nation. These assumptions are also valid for the modernisation case in Turkey in which women represented a vast transformation toward a Western and secular society. Granting of the suffrage rights was a historical moment in this process, referring to women becoming public personalities vested with political rights. Yet, this political process was also replete with a social and cultural background in which a new phase of neo-patriarchy endured. The aim of this article is to pursue the vestiges of this representation in the editorial cartoons of the era

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Editorial cartoon
• women’s suffrage
• Turkish modernisation
• Women’s Union
• Nezihe Muhiddin

Türkiye’de Kadınlara Oy Hakkı Verilişinin Dönemin Editoryal Karikatürlerinde Tasviri

Öz

Periferal modernleşme projelerinde, kadın genelde, hızla modernleşen toplumun geçirdiği medeniyet değişikliğinin yüzü olagelmiştir. Kadın bedeninin temsil ve sınırlarının, kadın bireyselliğini, toplumun varoluş biçimine hapseden yan anlamları vardır. Bu varsayım, kadının Batılı ve seküler bir topluma geçişi temsil ettiği, Türkiye’deki modernleşme deneyimi için de geçerlidir. Kadınlara oy hakkı tanınması ise, kadının politik haklarla tanımlanmış, kamusal bir varlık haline gelişini sağlayan tarihsel bir dönemdir. Ancak bu dönüşüm, içinde patriarkal anlayışın yeni
biçimlerini barındıran, sosyal ve kültürel bir ardalanla maluldur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, bu algının dönem karikatürlerindeki izini sürmektir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Editoryal karikatür
• kadınlara oy hakkı tanınması
• Türk modernleşmesi
• Kadın Birliği
• Nezihe Muhiddin

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