TÜRKİYE’DE YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE KADININ SİYASAL TEMSİLİ: SAMSUN ÖRNEĞİ (2009-2024)
POLITICAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN TÜRKİYE: THE CASE OF SAMSUN (2009-2024)

Summary/Abstract: Democracy has had different meanings and forms of practice throughout the ages. The gradual increase in the world population and the expansion of the application area of democracy have increased the importance of local governments. Local governments have supported democratic life in terms of having the opportunity to be in close relations with the people and facilitating participation. On the other hand, one of the most prominent terms among the different meanings of democracy has been equality. When a gender perspective is brought to the democratic understanding, it should be emphasized that women and men should first have equal rights and then equal participation. Women in Türkiye gained their political rights in the first years of the foundation Republic and started to be represented in politics by using these rights. Women in national and local politics started to be a part of democracy after men and although they had the right to participate equally, equal participation could not be achieved proportionally. In this respect, the aim of the study is to reveal the current situation regarding the representation of women at the local level. However, within the scope of the study, the issue of women's representation in local governments was reduced to a narrower scope and discussed specifically in Samsun province: In line with the study, the results of the local elections held in the last fifteen years were examined and the underrepresentation of women in local governments was pointed out.

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