Abstract:
This thesis is aimed at investigating the importance of Kurdish women’s
place and role in politics. The political activeness of Kurdish women, which
became an important part of the reviving Kurdish political movement during
the Republic period – in particular during the 1970s – has become more
pronounced since 1980. Within the framework of these developments, the
reasons and factors, which have changed Kurdish women, shaped their role
and built a new identity for them, as well as the contribution of those women
to the reformation, revival and development of their nation, will be
investigated in this thesis. This thesis will assess women’s contribution to the
Kurdish political movement while exploring the way women have changed
and the new dimensions of relationships between individuals in the Kurdish
community, by bringing clarification to the social development, change and
the current status of Kurdish women.
