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Converging/Diverging Frames: A Case of Islamist Women’s CSOs in Turkey

Benzeşen/Farkılaşan Çerçeveler: Türkiye’deki İslamcı Kadın STK’lar Örneği

Asuman Özgür KEYSAN
Zelal ÖZDEMİR
Journal
Fe Dergi
Pages
129–140
Publication Date
2022-10-12
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Itargues that in the new gender climate in Turkey, while the BKP has maintained its position withregards to the frames of gender equality, motherhood and the work-life balance, AKDER’s currentissue framing is more in tune with the religio-conservative worldview promoted by the ruling regimein Turkey, demonstrating a clear retreat from its position in 2012.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study examines the case of two Islamist women's CSOs, AKDER and the BKP, whose agencytransformed under the combined impact of the removal of the headscarf ban and the increasingauthoritarian gender climate in Turkey.
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Key Findings & Data:Based on data garnered from interviews conducted in 2012and 2018, it seeks to understand the frames of gender, gender equality, motherhood and work-lifebalance that are conceptualised by these two CSOs through the employment of a critical frameanalysis.
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Conclusion & Impact:Itargues that in the new gender climate in Turkey, while the BKP has maintained its position withregards to the frames of gender equality, motherhood and the work-life balance, AKDER’s currentissue framing is more in tune with the religio-conservative worldview promoted by the ruling regimein Turkey, demonstrating a clear retreat from its position in 2012.
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Abstract

This study examines the case of two Islamist women's CSOs, AKDER and the BKP, whose agencytransformed under the combined impact of the removal of the headscarf ban and the increasingauthoritarian gender climate in Turkey. Based on data garnered from interviews conducted in 2012and 2018, it seeks to understand the frames of gender, gender equality, motherhood and work-lifebalance that are conceptualised by these two CSOs through the employment of a critical frameanalysis. In so doing it endeavours to understand and compare the change and continuity in theissue framing of these two CSOs as regards to the feminist movement in Turkey from 2012 to 2018. Itargues that in the new gender climate in Turkey, while the BKP has maintained its position withregards to the frames of gender equality, motherhood and the work-life balance, AKDER’s currentissue framing is more in tune with the religio-conservative worldview promoted by the ruling regimein Turkey, demonstrating a clear retreat from its position in 2012.

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Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de başörtüsü yasağının kaldırılması ve artan otoriter toplumsal cinsiyet ikliminin etkisinden sonra eylemlilikleri dönüşüme uğrayan iki İslamcı kadın STK'sı olan AKDER ve BKP’ye odaklanmaktadır. 2012 ve 2018 yıllarında yapılan derinlemesine görüşmelere dayanarak, bu iki STK tarafından kullanılan cinsiyet, cinsiyet eşitliği, annelik ve iş-yaşam dengesi kavramlarını eleştirel çerçeve analizi kullanarak anlamayı hedeflemektedir. Bunu yaparken, bu iki STK'nın değişim ve sürekliliğini karşılaştırmalı olarak kavramaya çalışan bu çalışma, Türkiye'deki yeni toplumsal cinsiyet ikliminde BKP’nin 2012-2018 yılları arasında feminist çerçevelerle uyum içindeki konumunu korurken, AKDER’in 2012 yılındaki durumundan farklılaşarak Türkiye'deki iktidar rejiminin teşvik ettiği dindar muhafazakar dünya görüşü ile oldukça uyumlu hale dönüştüğünü ileri sürmektedir.

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KEYSAN, A. Ö., ÖZDEMİR, Z. (2022). Converging/Diverging Frames: A Case of Islamist Women’s CSOs in Turkey. Fe Dergi, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 2, 129–140. https://ajindex.com/articles/512728

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