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The recognition of women's right to choose and be elected refers to the adoption of laws necessary for women to gain political rights in Turkey in the 1930s. The achievement of women's right to choose and be elected in political life is one of the Atatürk's reforms that took place in social life. With a series of laws enacted since 1930, women ...
On 17 February 1926, Turkey adopted a new civil code by which the rights of Turkish women and men were declared equal except in suffrage. [1] Turkish women achieved voting rights in local elections by Act no. 1580 on 3 April 1930. [2]
An average of 358 women a day applied to law enforcement officers after suffering violence in 2016. Around five women every hour, or 115 a day, were faced with the threat of murder. The Umut Foundation released statistics regarding violence against women in Turkey on International Women's Day, showing that 397 women were killed in Turkey in 2016.
Here’s a look at key moments in the women’s suffrage movement and the landmark legislation that expanded the opportunity to vote to all women. ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was readopted ...
In the Grand National Assembly of Turkey the percentage of women is 9.1 (17.3 percent is the average in the world). [171] In 1975 the percentage was 10.9 and in 2006 it was 16.3. [172] Only 5.58 percent of mayors are women and in the whole of Turkey there is one governor (among 81) and 14 local governors. [171]
Women's suffrage in Turkey (15 P) Pages in category "Women's rights in Turkey" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Dutch women won the passive vote (allowed to run for parliament) after a revision of the Dutch Constitution in 1917 and the active vote (electing representatives) in 1919, and American women on August 26, 1920, with the passage of the 19th Amendment (the Voting Rights Act of 1965 secured voting rights for racial minorities).
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Thousands of people took to the streets of Turkey's largest cities on Thursday to protest against the country's withdrawal from an international treaty to combat ...