Women's shelters in Turkey. Whose responsibility?


EKAL ŞİMŞEK B.

Ethnologie Francaise, cilt.44, sa.2, ss.237-245, 2014 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3917/ethn.142.0237
  • Dergi Adı: Ethnologie Francaise
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.237-245
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Feminist movement, Public-run women's shelters, Social problems, Turkey, Violence
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the literature, the discussions on women's shelters are based mostly on those shelters that are directed by women's/feminist groups or other ngos. The case of Turkey enables us to conceptualize another regime of shelters that I propose to call as the "regime of public-run women's shelters". In other words, establishing and management of women's shelters is primarily perceived to be a "public responsibility." The aim of this article, then, is to put forward the dynamics, i.e. the demands of feminists groups and the authorities' responses, which led to this configuration.