Rasim Özgür Dönmez is an associate professor in international relations of Abant Izzet Baysal University- Turkey. His current research topics are identity politics, political violence, civil society, and Turkish politics. He is an editor of political science journal Alternatif Politika/Alternative Politics: http://www.alternatifpolitika.com/ Fazilet Ahu Özmen attained her PhD in Strasbourg University in October 2009. Her doctorate thesis is on Contemporary Alevi Youth and its social and political development of identity, and analyzes the question ‘Is Alevi Youth a pluralistic, traditional and postmodernist youth?’ She is an assistant professor at the French Political Science and International Relations Department of Yeditepe University in Istanbul and also gives lectures in various universities in Istanbul.

It is good news that factors which undermine the status, identity, well-being, personal security, and rights and liberties of women in Turkey are being discussed more and more in terms of competing and multiple realities and repressions. However, Gendered Identities: Criticizing Patriarchy in Turkey is one of the most compelling volumes published in recent years addressing the most prominent factor responsible for this general problematic— patriarchy. The collection’s deconstruction and analysis of patriarchy and its potent influence on democratization, civil rights, economics, the justice system, and women's struggles against violence is a must read for all of us working on Turkey in interdisciplinary areas. It is an indispensable work for anyone wanting to understand the depths and nuances of the often-under-analyzed yet powerful force of patriarchy in Turkish studies.

• Chapter 1: Masculine Turkish Political Sphere: Modernization Without Strong Rasim Özgür DönmezChapter 2: The Unknown Reality of Women in Turkey: Economic ViolenceSerap DurusoyChapter 3: Development and The Southeastern Anatolia Project (Gap): An Eco-Feminist InquiryNahide KonakChapter 4: Transsexuals in Turkey: Between Disciplining and EradicatingBurçak Cürül and Rasim Özgür DönmezChapter 5: Mujde Ar as a Twist In The Dominant Fiction Of The Cinema Of TurkeyTolga Yalur Chapter 6: Looking at the Juvenile Penal Justice System In Turkey Through The Question Of PatriarchyVerda IrtisChapter 7: Islamic Women’s Ordeal With The New Face(S) Of Patriarchy In Power: Divergence Or Convergence Over Expanding Women’s Citizenship?Canan AslanChapter 8: Alevi Woman And PatriarchyFazilet Ahu Özmen Chapter 9: Positioning Identities in Terms of Gender Equality: The case of istanbul Greek MinorityGökçe Bayindir GoularasConclusion

Rasim Özgür Dönmez is an associate professor in international relations of Abant Izzet Baysal University- Turkey. His current research topics are identity politics, political violence, civil society, and Turkish politics. He is an editor of political science journal Alternatif Politika/Alternative Politics: http://www.alternatifpolitika.com/ Fazilet Ahu Özmen attained her PhD in Strasbourg University in October 2009. Her doctorate thesis is on Contemporary Alevi Youth and its social and political development of identity, and analyzes the question ‘Is Alevi Youth a pluralistic, traditional and postmodernist youth?’ She is an assistant professor at the French Political Science and International Relations Department of Yeditepe University in Istanbul and also gives lectures in various universities in Istanbul.

It is good news that factors which undermine the status, identity, well-being, personal security, and rights and liberties of women in Turkey are being discussed more and more in terms of competing and multiple realities and repressions. However, Gendered Identities: Criticizing Patriarchy in Turkey is one of the most compelling volumes published in recent years addressing the most prominent factor responsible for this general problematic— patriarchy. The collection’s deconstruction and analysis of patriarchy and its potent influence on democratization, civil rights, economics, the justice system, and women's struggles against violence is a must read for all of us working on Turkey in interdisciplinary areas. It is an indispensable work for anyone wanting to understand the depths and nuances of the often-under-analyzed yet powerful force of patriarchy in Turkish studies.

• Chapter 1: Masculine Turkish Political Sphere: Modernization Without Strong Rasim Özgür DönmezChapter 2: The Unknown Reality of Women in Turkey: Economic ViolenceSerap DurusoyChapter 3: Development and The Southeastern Anatolia Project (Gap): An Eco-Feminist InquiryNahide KonakChapter 4: Transsexuals in Turkey: Between Disciplining and EradicatingBurçak Cürül and Rasim Özgür DönmezChapter 5: Mujde Ar as a Twist In The Dominant Fiction Of The Cinema Of TurkeyTolga Yalur Chapter 6: Looking at the Juvenile Penal Justice System In Turkey Through The Question Of PatriarchyVerda IrtisChapter 7: Islamic Women’s Ordeal With The New Face(S) Of Patriarchy In Power: Divergence Or Convergence Over Expanding Women’s Citizenship?Canan AslanChapter 8: Alevi Woman And PatriarchyFazilet Ahu Özmen Chapter 9: Positioning Identities in Terms of Gender Equality: The case of istanbul Greek MinorityGökçe Bayindir GoularasConclusion

Rasim Özgür Dönmez is an associate professor in international relations of Abant Izzet Baysal University- Turkey. His current research topics are identity politics, political violence, civil society, and Turkish politics. He is an editor of political science journal Alternatif Politika/Alternative Politics: http://www.alternatifpolitika.com/ Fazilet Ahu Özmen attained her PhD in Strasbourg University in October 2009. Her doctorate thesis is on Contemporary Alevi Youth and its social and political development of identity, and analyzes the question ‘Is Alevi Youth a pluralistic, traditional and postmodernist youth?’ She is an assistant professor at the French Political Science and International Relations Department of Yeditepe University in Istanbul and also gives lectures in various universities in Istanbul.

It is good news that factors which undermine the status, identity, well-being, personal security, and rights and liberties of women in Turkey are being discussed more and more in terms of competing and multiple realities and repressions. However, Gendered Identities: Criticizing Patriarchy in Turkey is one of the most compelling volumes published in recent years addressing the most prominent factor responsible for this general problematic— patriarchy. The collection’s deconstruction and analysis of patriarchy and its potent influence on democratization, civil rights, economics, the justice system, and women's struggles against violence is a must read for all of us working on Turkey in interdisciplinary areas. It is an indispensable work for anyone wanting to understand the depths and nuances of the often-under-analyzed yet powerful force of patriarchy in Turkish studies.

• Chapter 1: Masculine Turkish Political Sphere: Modernization Without Strong Rasim Özgür DönmezChapter 2: The Unknown Reality of Women in Turkey: Economic ViolenceSerap DurusoyChapter 3: Development and The Southeastern Anatolia Project (Gap): An Eco-Feminist InquiryNahide KonakChapter 4: Transsexuals in Turkey: Between Disciplining and EradicatingBurçak Cürül and Rasim Özgür DönmezChapter 5: Mujde Ar as a Twist In The Dominant Fiction Of The Cinema Of TurkeyTolga Yalur Chapter 6: Looking at the Juvenile Penal Justice System In Turkey Through The Question Of PatriarchyVerda IrtisChapter 7: Islamic Women’s Ordeal With The New Face(S) Of Patriarchy In Power: Divergence Or Convergence Over Expanding Women’s Citizenship?Canan AslanChapter 8: Alevi Woman And PatriarchyFazilet Ahu Özmen Chapter 9: Positioning Identities in Terms of Gender Equality: The case of istanbul Greek MinorityGökçe Bayindir GoularasConclusion