Abstract:

Although Cyprus was under control of United Kingdom from 1878 to 1960 movements which affect Turkey were also affecting Turkish Cypriots who were living in Cyprus. 5th of December is a meaningful day in our calendars because the Turkish women earn their right to vote and stand for the election in 1934.Ulviye Mithat (U.) was born in 1906 in Kastamonu, Turkey; married to a Turkish Cypriot then moved to the island in 1923. She lived in Cyprus until 1940. Between 1935-37 she wrote articles in local newspapers called Ses and Embros about women's rights. She was the most- of best knowledge of author- criticized columnist because of her modernist, egalitarian and reformist ideas of her. In this paper Discourse-Historical Approach from Reisigl and Wodak was used in order to find discourses specific to Ulviye Mithat between 1935-37 in Cyprus. As a result, although Ulviye Mithat was write in 1930's her ideas about women's rights and gender equality is far beyond of her era.

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