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In the first years of the Republic; women were the majority of the population in Urfa, which became an independent sanjak depart from the city of Halep in 1912. In those years however; Urfa women were apart from being as an independent individual because of the patriarchal family structure, literacy minority and heavy oppression of the tribe structure. Extremely uneducated women led up to important social problems like rapid population growth and high rate child mortality. Young ladies considerations were not offered in Urfa, where bride wealth and arranged marriage were very common. Being equal to each other of the families, were considered important for approved marriages; however, in case of abduction of girls, tribe rules step in. It was a shame for women to go to a doctor but they were taken to Hodjas for healing. Superstitious beliefs were also common among women in Urfa. This article aims to shed light on the socio-cultural structure of Urfa women in the first years of Republic with reference to: Urfa Salnamesi which was prepared by Urfa City in 1927, Golden Light newspaper published in Urfa in 1925 and Urfa Vilayeti which was written by Shefik Arif in 1925.

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