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Monday, April 07, 2014

Women's Political Participation on the Rise in Turkey | Melis Figanmese

Women's Political Participation on the Rise in Turkey
Posted: 04/07/2014 2:51 pm EDT Updated: 04/07/2014 2:59 pm EDT

This past week's local elections have shown a positive move for women's participation in politics in Turkey. The number of elected female mayors has risen 30 percent from the last elections and for the first time women will be running metropolitan municipalities, three in fact: Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Aydin.

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