"Turkish women want to have it all
By Fazile Zahir
FETHIYE, Turkey - Although the number of working women in Turkey is falling overall, the proportion of middle- class, urban women working full time is rising. Like their counterparts in the West, these working mothers are finding that grandparents are no longer as available for child care as they once were - either they live too far away or they have middle-class aspirations of their own that preclude looking after the grandkids. Unable to maintain the standard of living and opportunity they desire without both partners being employed, more and more city families are relying on nannies - or dadis as they are known in Turkey. "
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