CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Sati, Busra |
|---|---|
| Title | Gendering Trade Unions: Women in Tekstil, 1965-1980 |
| Summary | Based on archival research, other primary material, and the existing secondary literature this thesis aims to narrate the history of women organized in one of the left-wing trade unions in the 1960s and 1970s, Tekstil Iscileri Sendikasi, (The Trade Union of Textile Workers, Tekstil) in Turkey. Beginning from the foundation of Tekstil in 1965 until the military coup in September 12, 1980, the main focus throughout the text consists of women's labor history in Turkey by holding a double focus; on the one hand it presents the organizational history of Tekstil, as the structure and politics of the union had a huge impact on women's union participation, on the other hand it focuses on female rank-and-file workers' activism by examining the journal of the union, Tekstil. Initially, my argument is that beginning from 1975, due to a number of reasons, Tekstil transformed its gender politics and adopted a discourse in which several "woman's issues" were recognized. Employing the journal of the union Tekstil as a primary source, my work aims to explain this transformation and locates it within a broader context of women's and labor history in Turkey. Secondly, by focusing on rank-and-file level, the women's participation in Tekstil's activities is discussed and the significant role women played in the development of the union's politics is revealed. |
| Supervisor | Zimmermann, Susan |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/sati_busra.pdf |
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