The place of Duygu Asena in the second wave feminism in Turkey La place de Duygu Asena dans la deuxième vague féministe en Turquie Türkiye’de ikinci dalga feminizmde Duygu Asena’nın yeri

Alp E.

Synergies Turquie, sa.13, ss.173-188, 2020 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: Synergies Turquie
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.173-188
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Duygu Asena, Kadının Adı Yok (The woman has no name), Second wave Feminism, Simone de Beauvoir, Turkey
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Duygu Asena can be considered as the ambassador of the second wave feminism in Turkey, as much as Simone de Beauvoir is in France. The iconic work of the latter, Le Deuxième sexe, was completely translated into Turkish after long years (1970s). This period coincides with the blooming of feminine magazines in which journalist and writer Duygu Asena published articles dealing with feminism. Although she had no deep philosophical and theoretical knowledge on feminism, her first novel Kadının Adı Yok (The Woman Has No Name) published in 1987 has become the manifesto of feminism in Turkey and managed to embrace the problems of Turkish women from all social strata. In my paper, I will seek to draw historically the contour of feminism in Turkey – reminding that the dissemination of feminism in Turkey was mainly achieved by means of Duygu Asena’s works – and to illustrate the parallelisms between the latter and the second wave feminism which Simone de Beauvoir laid the foundation.