| ID | 180038 |
| Title Proper | Changing gender relations in 1950s Ankara: an inside view |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Yilmaz, Hale ; Deal, Roger A |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines patterns of gender relations in Ankara in the early 1950s. Based in part on the unpublished memoirs of Kemal Tanyolaç, who provided extensive details of his bachelor years in Ankara, this article explores a wide variety of relationships between men and women, from traditional marriage-oriented matchmaking and modern dating, through business relationships as work colleagues or landlord and tenant, to different types of illicit sexual relations. We look at changes in how men and women viewed each other and their relationships, and what effects that had on the ongoing social changes of the time. We argue that all types of relationships and the possibilities they entailed, including prostitution, need to be understood in complex, nuanced ways in order to understand the society that was emerging in post-Second World War urban Turkey. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 57, No.6; Nov 2021: p.935-955 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies Vol: 57 No 6 |
| Key Words | Modernity ; Turkey ; Women ; Gender ; Ankara ; Intimate Relations |