Gender; ISIS; sustainable patriarchy; Turkey; violent extremism; History; Political Science and International Relations
Abstract :
[en] This article locates Turkey in discussions of gender and violent extremism (VE), probes women’s diverse roles, motivations, and constraints for and against religious radicalization, and discusses the impact of sustainable patriarchy on their agency. Building on the findings of an extensive field study on women’s recruitment to ISIS and al-Nusra from Turkey, the article disproves women’s widely assumed passivity, demonstrates other roles as sympathizers, recruiters, and perpetrators, and explores potential push, pull, and enabling factors. It also reveals the hindering effects of patriarchy on women’s preventive roles and accentuates the empowerment of both women and women’s NGOs for an effective and gender-sensitive fight against VE.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Şen, Gülriz ; Department of Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Yavcan, Basak ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sphères ; Department of Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Language :
English
Title :
Gender, radicalization, and patriarchy in Turkey: an analysis of women’s motivations and constraints when confronted with ISIS and the al-Nusra front
This work was supported by European Union and Republic of Turkey: [Grant Number ICSP /2017/386-591]. The fieldwork and the output report cited in this article are parts of a larger project ‘Improving Effectiveness of Measures to Tackle the Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Radicalization Threat’ (icare4all). We cordially thank our project assistant Eyyüp Baytok for his invaluable assistance during the fieldwork. We are also thankful to Prof. Birgül Demirtaş and Prof. Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz, and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions.
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