
Street scene, Istanbul. Photo: Alan Grant
Background information - Sex and power in Turkey
15 basic facts on Turkey - picture story (new window)
- Initiatives in the field of education to increase school enrolment
- European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions: Quality of life in Turkey (Richard Rose / Yusuf Ozcan)
- Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) – Special Issue Women in Turkey
- Key documents
- Turkish NGOs
- Universities with women's studies in Turkey
- Secular Women and Islam
Interview with leading Turkish scholar Nilufer Gole (2001) - Islamism and Secularism in Turkey
Interview with Nilüfer Göle (1994) - Elif Gozdasoglu Kucukalioglu
Turkey at the Crossroads: Women, Women’s Studies and The State - Gulendam, Ramazan
The development of a feminist discourse and feminist writing in Turkey: 1970-1990 - Turkish Statistical Institute
Turkey's Statistical Yearbook 2005 - Republic of Turkey - Ministry of National Education
National Education Statistics - Formal Education 2006-2007 - Republic of Turkey - Ministry of National Education & Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW - BACKGROUND REPORT ( June 2005) - World Bank - Turkey: Education Sector Study (2006)
Sustainable Pathways to an Effective, Equitable, and Efficient Education System for Preschool through Secondary School Education - World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland 2006
The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 - Binnaz Toprak and Ali Carkoglu, Religion, Society and Politics in a Changing Turkey, TESEV, November 2006.
(English summary)
(full report in Turkish) - WWHR
Turkish Civil and Penal Code Reforms from a Gender Perspective: The Success of Two Nationwide Campaigns - The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
(in English)
(in Turkish) - Turkey Civil Code
(full text in Turkish)
(amendments in English) - Turkey Penal Code
(full text in Turkish) - Law No. 4320 On the Protection of the Family
- Women for women's human rights - New Ways
- Ucan Supurge – Flying Broom
- Baskent Kadin Platformu
- AKDER Women's Rights Association Against Discrimination
- Hazar Grubu
- Kamer (Kadin Merkezi, Women's Centre)
- Kader - Association for Supporting and Training Women Candidates
- Mor Cati (Purple Roof)
- The Foundation of the Women's Library and Information Center
Universities with women's studies in Turkey*
- Ankara Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi (KASAUM)
Ankara University Women's Studies Center - Atılım Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Atilim University Ankara Woman Issues Study Center - Gazi Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Gazi University Ankara Economics and Administration Faculty Women Problems Research and Implementation Centre - Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi (HÜKSAM)
Hacettepe University Ankara Medical Faculty, Public Health, Women's Problems Research and Implementation Centre (HUKSAM) - İstanbul Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi'nin (KAUM)
Istanbul University Women's Studies and Implementation Centre - Marmara Üniversitesi Kadın İşgücü İstihdamı Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Marmara Uniuversity - Ege Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Aegean University Izmir Women's Studies and Implemenation Centre - Çukurova Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Cukurova University Adana Women's Studies Research Center - Gaziantep Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Gaziantep University Women's Studies and Implementation Centre - Mersin Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunlarını Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi (MERKAM)
Mersin University Women's Studies and Implementation Centre - Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Kadın Sorunları Araştırma Merkezi (YUKAM)
Yuzuncu Yil University (Van), Women's Studies Centre
* Information taken from Turkish Republic Prime Ministry Directorate General On The Status Of Women