Abstract :
Republican People s Party, has been the first political party in the Republic of Turkey and ithas led the way in many instancesin the Turkish political life throughout its history. One of these instancesis the participation of women in political life in this partyfor the first time in the history of the Republic. In the days when political rights were being shaped in accordance with new laws, Republican People s Party opened its doors to women as the ruling party. Initially women took lower level positions within the party, in later years, however, they served as deputies under the roof of CHP. In this respect, Republican People s Party Congresses, regulations and programmes are especially significant in the sense that they provided a space for the discussion of the woman question, and a space in which boththe physical and the intellectual existence of women is acknowledged. In Mustafa Kemal Ataturk s lifetime, CHPcongresses were held in 1927, 1931 and 1935. Through the regulations and programmes that were published during the process of these congresses, written sources reflecting the general structure of the Party were formed. In this study, the perception of women in the congresses, regulations and programmes of the Republican People s Party under the leadership of Atatürk will be evaluated in the light of archive documents, papers and researches.
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , Republican People s Party , Woman , Congress.
