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The right of women to vote and run in municipal elections was recognized on April 3, 1930 with the adoption of the Municipal Code. Women used their political rights for the first time in Municipal elections in 1930. The elections lasted from the beginning of September until the 20th of October. Among the women who can enter the city councils are Hasane Nalan and Benal Nevzat Hanım, the two ...
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 ...
Turkey: Equal right to university education for both men and women. [23] Turkey: Women gain the right to stand for local election. [118] South Africa: The Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930, was an act of the Parliament of South Africa which granted white women aged 21 and older the right to run for office. 1931
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]
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections ...
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, named after the late civil rights activist who represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives, was passed by the New York Legislature in 2022.