Academic Catalog

GWS502 THE WOMAN QUESTION IN TURKEY

Course Code:	8100502
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Gender&women Studies
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. FATMA UMUT BEÞPINAR AKGÜNER
Offered Semester:	Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The course attempts to examine under which circumstances a discourse of the woman question has emerged in Turkey. In this way, the course aims to examine interdisciplinary contributions which serve to explore the living conditions, social status and interpersonal relations of women along social class, political participation, occupational status, educational level and rural-urban residence dimensions so as to comprehend the conceptual parameters of the woman question in Turkey.