The Identity of the ‘Islamist Woman’ in the Regenerating Mission of Society, 1967-1980

This article attempts to examine how the identity-making elements of Islamist woman, which emerged in the late 1960s and was tried to be defined during the 1970s, developed and why female actors of Islamist movements prefer to use the society-oriented rhetoric. Şule Yüksel Şenler, who published Seher Vakti -the first Islamist woman magazine- in 1967, has been known as the first and prominent representative of the movement for Islamist woman, because she undertook a mission of notification that made her successful in mobilizing the broad masses for the sake of woman. Between the period 1967-1980, the other representatives of Islamist woman movement, beside Şenler, such as Emine Aykenar, Sevim Asımgil, Bakiye Marangoz and Mü’mine Güneş, publicly used the similar narratives and argumentations in magazines and newspapers with Islamic awareness such as Seher Vakti, Bugün, Yeni Asya, İttihad and Yeni İstiklal.