ABSTRACT
It has never been easy for the Turkish
woman to attain the rights she ought to have from the birth. We can observe this fact in
the historical process. Especially, when we look at the Turkish woman we observe that
although she had been near her man in the in the beginning, she was pushed back
afterwards.
Before chosing Islam as a religion, in the
Turkish society the position of woman was better than the other societies. We can even say
in that period woman had much ýnore rights than today. After the accaptence of Islam, the
woýnen rights in Turkish society retrograded. The main cause was incorrect interpretation
of islamic teachings. The interpretation of Qur'an along 14 centuries has been a male
expounding and some made-up narratives were accepted as Prophet's traditions. Furthermore
foreign cultures penetrated into islamic teachings. Attaining of Turkish woman the rights
that women have in the modern world, is due to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of
Turkish Republic. We have to stand as protector to the rights which Atatürk caused
Turkish woýnan to get.