[ecrea] cfp: Turkish Feminism

Questioning Turkish Feminism and Modernity

Turkey, a land rich with culture and delight, stands as a nation 
circumventing categorization.  The majority of its inhabitants identify 
with Islam (the majority being Sunnis), and a strict separation between 
religion and state—or secularism—is enforced by the Turkish military. 
This secular-religious divide that serves as the backbone of the 
Republic of Turkey was established by its first President, Mustafa Kemal 
Atatürk in 1923, and includes a series of political, social, and 
cultural reforms, such as the institution of a public dress code, that 
deconstructed the patriarchal hierarchy of the Ottoman Empire and 
increased women’s rights.
Yet, the nation—the only Muslim nation with EU candidacy status—serves 
as a potential treasure trove for explorations of gender, rhetoric, 
female advancement, and general social discourse.  This modern nation, 
grappling with its place in Eastern and Western geopolitics and 
discourse, can teach us about the continual role of women, their 
transnational value and nature, and of how women are still overlooked, 
underrepresented, and undervalued.  Of course, Turkey also stands to 
show us the aptitude, progress, and power enabled within the fairer sex.
            This anthology seeks to explore the discursive and 
transnational nature of feminism in modern Turkey.  We are looking for 
creative, and fresh, approaches that grapple with the meaning of 
feminism in a changing world.  Many gendered reforms were handed down 
from the state in Turkey, yet these acts do not mean Turkey lacks a 
feminist voice, movement, or active pulse.  Instead, the role of women 
is just as vital in Turkey as it is elsewhere.

Topics of potential inclusion

the rise of the Turkish Republic, specifically with Atatürk’s reforms 
aimed at women
Myths of gender in Turkey
Social activism at home and abroad
Community organization
Rural women
the media’s role in displacing women
the media’s role in rallying women
feminism in literature
anti-feminists characters in popular culture
traditional modes of femininity
comparative roles of women
Kemlism
Transnational explorations of women


            We are seeking proposals for articles (4000-7000 words in 
length) that address questions of Turkish feminism during the twentieth 
century.  Please send your proposal (250 words) and a cv to: 
(turkishfeminism /at/ gmail.com) by March 1, 2015.  For those whose proposals 
are accepted, completed articles will be due by July 15, 2015.  Any 
questions can be directed to: (turkishfeminism /at/ gmail.com).
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Annessa Ann Babic, PhD


New York Institute of Technology
Coordinator Interdisciplinary Studies, Old Westbury

Laurence Raw,
Baskent University.
Department of English, Ankara, Turkey.


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