Journals / Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi / 2018 / Cilt: 33 - Sayı: 1

Muslim Women in Soviet Central Asia

Sovyet Orta Asya’sında Müslüman Kadınlar

Pages
91–116
Publication Date
2018-07-12
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In the first years of the Soviet regime, mostly ideological intentions shaped the women’s emancipation project.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study analyzes the Soviet Central Asia from a historical perspective to understand the impact of the Soviet regime on Muslim women’s lifestyles.
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Key Findings & Data:It specifically focuses on the underlying reasons of laws and policies put into effect by the Soviet officials in the name of emancipating Muslim women in Central Asia.
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Conclusion & Impact:In the first years of the Soviet regime, mostly ideological intentions shaped the women’s emancipation project.
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⚙️Variables:Central Asia · Soviet Union · women’s emancipation

Abstract

This study analyzes the Soviet Central Asia from a historical perspective to understand the impact of the Soviet regime on Muslim women’s lifestyles. It specifically focuses on the underlying reasons of laws and policies put into effect by the Soviet officials in the name of emancipating Muslim women in Central Asia. The main argument of the study is that even though the Soviet officials had a genuine intention for the emancipation of Central Asian women from the patriarchal structure both in the public and private spheres of life, the policies and their implementations were shaped in accordance with the basic motive of the regime to survive. In the first years of the Soviet regime, mostly ideological intentions shaped the women’s emancipation project.

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Bu çalışma, Sovyet rejiminin Müslüman kadınların yaşam biçimleri üzerindeki etkisini anlamak için Sovyet Orta Asya’sını tarihsel bir perspektiften analiz etmektedir. Özellikle, Orta Asya’daki Müslüman kadınları özgürleştirmek adına Sovyet yetkilileri tarafından yürürlüğe konan kanun ve politikaların temel nedenlerine odaklanmaktadır. Araştırmanın temel argümanı, Sovyet yetkililerinin hem kamusal hem de özel yaşam alanlarında Orta Asya kadınlarını ataerkil yapıdan kurtarmak için sahici bir niyeti olsa da, uygulanan politika ve uygulamaların temelde rejimin hayatta kalmasına yönelik olduğudur. Sovyet rejiminin ilk yıllarında kadınların kurtuluşu projesini çoğunlukla ideolojik niyetler şekillendirmiştir.

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DÖM, Ö. Ö. (2018). Muslim Women in Soviet Central Asia. Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, Cilt: 33 - Sayı: 1, 91–116. https://ajindex.com/articles/97006

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