Özet:

In the 21st century, modern democracies are revealed through the level of development of local democracy. One of the easiest and most effective ways to participate in politics is to participate in local politics. For the development of local democracy, public participation channels must be opened. The sufficient participation of women in the decision-making processes increases the level of local democracy. But it is also a fact that women are not represented sufficiently in local politics. In Turkey, women have the right to be elected at the local level until the 1930s. In the past, women have not been represented adequately in local politics. After the 2000s, the emphasis on local politics over women has increased. In this process, the political parties have focused a lot on women’s representation in the election programs. This study focuses on the local representation levels of women in Turkey. The aim of the study is to reveal whether there is any difference between political parties’ speeches and practices through secondary statistical data. Furthermore, the discovery of the change in the representation of the woman in local politics over the past twenty years also reveals another purpose of this study. As a result, it has been shown that in local politics the woman does not find a sufficient level of response in practice.

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