Women's Struggle against Islamist Neoliberalism: Socialist Feminist Politics in Turkey (lecture by Selin Cagatay)

time : 20.OO place: Fogashaz, Akacfa street 51 Budapest VII.

There has been a growing alliance between Islamism and neoliberalism in Turkey especially since 2002. This alliance has severe consequences for women: high unemployment rate, flexible and insecure jobs, dependence on the family, increased control over women's bodies and a meteoric rise in male violence and domestic murders. The presentation deals with the possibility of a socialist feminist opposition to this new form of patriarchal capitalism and discusses the achievements and shortcomings of socialist feminist activism in Turkey.