Deniz Kandiyoti is Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is the author of Concubines, Sisters and Citizens: Identities and Social Transformation (1997) the editor of Fragments of Culture: The Everyday of Modern Turkey (2002), Gendering the Middle East (1996), Women, Islam and the State (1991) Deniz is the editor of the journal Central Asian Survey.
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Published in: 50.50The fateful marriage: political violence and violence against women
Pervasive and diverse, instances of violence against women can only be fully comprehended in the political contexts...
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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply here
The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: 50.50The gender wars in Turkey: a litmus test of democracy?
The pent up fury and grief released by Özgecan Aslan’s attempted rape and gruesome murder reveal deep fault lines...
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Published in: 50.50The triple whammy: towards the eclipse of women’s rights
Caught in the cross-fire of political opportunism, neo-liberal triumphalism and geopolitical adventurism, feminist...
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Published in: 50.50No laughing matter: Women and the new populism in Turkey
Stirring up moral anxieties over women's conduct and propriety is key to a populist discourse that pits a virtuous...
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Published in: 50.50Contesting patriarchy-as-governance: lessons from youth-led activism
Youth-led mobilisation has mocked and exposed patriarchal power by unmasking its politics of social control. Are we...