TURKISH project team. "Historical presentation with the equality evolution in our political regimes

EQUALITY PROCESS IN TURKEY FROM 1914 TO PRESENT EUROPEAN STUDENTSRESPONSIBLE, MOTIVATED, INTELLIGENT EMOTIONALLY AND USEFULLY

Project funded by the European Commission Project No. 2020-1-RO01-KA229-080403

European students responsible, motivated, intelligent emotionally and usefully

1914 

During the 1st World War, Turkish women achieved to change their duties they undertook to opportunities. It lead up to an EQUALITY environment although it wasn’t based upon laws.

1914

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Inas Darülfünun (in Ottoman language university) was founded for the girls to get the university education.

1921

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Coeducation started in Darülfünuns (Universities).

1922

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Seven girls entered the faculty of medicine and coeducation started there.

ON 29TH OCTOBER, 1923

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With the declaration of Turkish Republic, an important step was taken in forming an unprivileged EQUAL community which administers themselves.

ON 29TH OCTOBER, 1923

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With the declaration of Turkish Republic, legal and constitutional reforms that enables the women to enter the public fields accelerated.

ON 3RD MARCH, 1924 

With the Law of Tevhid-i Tedrisat ( Unification of Education) all the schools were connected to the Ministry of Education and equality of opportunities in education was provided

ON 25TH NOVEMBER,1925

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With the HAT LAW, SOCIAL EQAULITY was aimed to remove the differences in clothing due to religious beliefs.

IN 1925

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With the outlaw of AŞAR VERGİSİ (TITHE), EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES for the villagers for production was provided. (TAX ACCORDING TO INCOME)

2ND MARCH, 1926

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With the law of MAARİF TEŞKİLATI(Education Organization), primary education became free and compulsory.

ON 17TH FEBRUARY, 1926

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Turkish Civil Code was accepted and EQUALITY OF WOMEN AND MEN was aimed. ( right for divorce for women, equal heritage, witnessing, civil marriage obligation introduced.) In other words it was tried to provide EQUALITY in social, economical and legal fields.

1ST NOVEMBER 1928

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With the adoption of Latin Script (Letter Reform) it was aimed to learn to read and write easily.

24TH NOVEMBER 1928

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Literacy drive (Millet Mektepleri) started. The aim was to teach to read and write to the Turkish people.

(Equality in education opportunity.)

ON 21ST JUNE, 1934

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Every kind of degrees and nicknames were outlawed that means privilege. So, it was aimed to provide social Equality.

IN 1930-1933-1934

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Turkish women were given political rights and the Equality principle gained strength.

ON 8TH FEBRUARY,1935

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Seventeen women deputies were elected and joined the parliament.

IN 1950

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First female mayor was elected from the city of Mersin.

IN 1990

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Turkish Civil Code that gives the husband to let his wife to work was cancelled.

IN 1991

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The first female governor(Lale Aytaman) was assigned to Muğla.

IN 1993

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The first female prime minister of Turkish Republic, Tansu Çiller formed the government.

IN 1997

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It was provided that women could use her own surname after the marriage with her husbant’s surname.

IN 2002

Marriage age for both males and females was raised to 18.  (It used to be 17 for males, 15 for females) 

IN 2002

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The ban for the women in public duty to wear trousers was cancelled.

IN 2009

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The law to form a male-female equality commission became valid in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

IN 2010

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With the new social regulations, “the principle of positive privilege” was adopted.

IN 2011

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New regulations for the women’s maternity leave were formed.

ON 30TH MAY, 2012 

Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey was founded attached to the Ministry of Law. It became valid in 2016 and the study to protect and develop human rights, prevent discrimination and to eliminate the violation has been going on. In this sense, the goal is to inform the society using mass media and to develop the sensitivity in society via education.

IN 2013

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Legal obstacles for the female deputies to enter the Turkish Grand National Assembly were removed.

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Most of all these equality studies were carried out by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who is the founder and former president of Turkey.

Therefore, we are grateful to him. We always remember him with a deep missing and respect.

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