Are Turkish women conservative?

Question

I'm asking this because I'm curious. Do women in Turkey wear the veil and/or the full burka? Or the majority of them?

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Answer 1

Laicism is one of the biggest part of Turkish goverment system. and i just cannot understand why foreigners think Turks are like Arabian people. No, i dont mean criticizing Arabians but our traditions are totally different from them. In hollywood films, Turks are shown like very conservative people but this is not the fact. We have modern cities and the majority of our people are not conservative. Also, i remember a sentence of an american girl who came to Turkiye and said this; "i supposed Turkish people like iraqian people, but, appearently, they look like us much more..."

about Ataturk i have to add something more. Thanks to this big leader's supports, electing and being elected for women is brought in 1934 in Turkiye which doesnt exist many modern countries at those times. For example, French women in 1944, Italian women in 1945 and Japanese women in 1950 could have this right while in Switzerland, women couldnt have this right until 1971. In 1934, there were as few as 28 countries in the world, where women had the right to elect and be elected.

Because of that some of Turkish people were affected from Arabian culture, they might be conservative especially in eastern parts of Turkiye.

Answer 2

the majority living in the metropoles are open headed. It's forbidden to put on any cover around the head or face in common public establishments and governmental locations including universities too. The usual classical veil used by the villagers is just a peace of rug covering the head but leaving the front of the hair and the total face open which is nothing religious but traditional and also functional (like a shield for the sun).
Burkha is a national Afghan wearing and covering style. We don't have it in Turkey.
(The actual number being vague) Islamic covering style is followed by a minority of women.(Probably less than 15%)
The medium Turkish woman can be considered conservative, but the more they are involved in the socioeconomic life the more liberal and open-minded they become.

Answer 3

Firstly, just because a woman does not wear the veil it does not mean that she is not conservative, yes many turkish women don't wear the veil but they are still muslim, as the veil is cultural NOT islamic, and hold very traditional and conservative views, especially regarding men and sex. Most turkish women, the turkish-kurds in particular, are expected to be virgins until marriage and they would never go sleeping around with different men, they respect themselves. I can say this as i am a turkish woman myself.

Whats great about Turkey is that people recognise that you don't have to cover your self up from head to toe and stay at home all day to be modest, and turkish women are perhaps the only women in the middle east that are allowed to do whatever they want (work, education etc.), this is because Turkish men trust their women and respect them. Thus most turkish women don't wear the veil and in fact dress very fashionably BUT this doesn't mean thay are not modest, they are still muslim and manage to combine beauty and intelligence with modesty and morals.

Answer 4

Some wear the veil but many young women dont cover their heads. Actually, alot of the young women are quite the opposite of conservative from what i heard..but anyhow, there are veiled women here and there but dont expect any burqas or anything. =]

Answer 5

Dear Asker,

I think, you have not been to Turkiye.

Turkiye is a paradise, come and look the our paradise. You will not regret. I promise to you.
On the other hand, OK, We are a Muslim country (%96), but our women and girls are not waering veil or burka. Well maybe a little bit Turkish women using them. but not generally.

Because we are secular country. We are Ataturks boys and doughters.
Do you know Ataturk ? He is a biggest leader all over the world. Please search Ataturk, you will learn lots of thing. If you ask something about Ataturk, please ask here. We will answer all your question.

Kind Regards,
Tanju

Answer 6

from what I see in Istanbul a lot of the women are anything but conservative. they're sense of fashion is tres trendy and current.
Just take a walk in one of the chic shopping malls in Istanbul and you will know what I mean.
Again this is just a point of view based on outlook. Who knows what's going on in their pretty little heads (this is relevant to any woman of any background by the way!)

Answer 7

No, come on, it is not obligatory as in the arabic countries.Yes, it is a conservative country, but go to the wets aprt, and you ll see the turkish girls with mini, and dresses as all the girls of the world.
About the men?yes, they are conservative, they dont accept their girls to wear extreme things, to have so much maquillage, and to wear open things. This is not bad, also in Greece they are like that..you see, in our countries the honour of the woman is important.

Answer 8

no they don't wear veil or anything like that, perhaps only less then %1..

jean remember I called you brother what does that make you then?

Answer 9

No you should come to our country and see what a great and free country we are thanks to Ataturk. Women in Turkey are very free.

Answer 10

Maybe % 1 or less women wear veil.I didn't se many.