IS THE MILITARY SERVICE DREAM OF REPUBLIC WOMEN BECOMING A FEMALE SOLDIER?

Abstract

From the Balkan War to the War of Independence, Turkish women living in the Ottoman Empire began to see themselves as individuals in many areas and worked and produced on behalf of their country accordingly. The only difference between women who filled the gap in employment behind the front lines, especially with the societies founded by women and the Women's Workers' Battalion, and the men in the barracks was that they did not receive training. Women who served in the defense of the homeland together with men in the War of Independence also demanded equal rights after the war. In the face of this demand, men were disturbed by women's presence in certain areas and sometimes criticized this situation, and sometimes tried to ignore women's demands by making fun of them. While it is seen in the book that there is a "masculine" structure that opposes Turkish women working in some professions, women who accept this masculinity and defend it as right are also included. In this respect, the work prepared by Fatmagül Demirel includes an important deficiency in terms of women's studies and gender.