Abstract:

Ceditist thought is an illumination movement that emerged among Russian Turks in the 19th century under the leadership of Ismail Gaspari. The solution to the retardation of the Turkish people in the political, economic, social and cultural fields is aimed at the socio-economic development of society. Ceditist illuminates believed that the greatest obstacle in achieving this goal was ignorance and the exclusion of women from social life. According to the Ceditists, women are the architects of society, but also the driving element of social development. First of all, they aimed at creating a solution to the issue of women’s rights and freedoms. In this study, the Ceditist thought, which emerged at the end of the 19th century and was effective until the establishment of the Soviet Union, examined the socio-economic status of the woman. For this purpose, first the works of the Ceditist clearers were evaluated and then the activities they showed in the women’s movement that emerged among the Russians were examined. As a result of the achieved findings, the Ceditist thinkers have achieved that they have made a mission to raise awareness of the motivating role of women in the social life in the material and spiritual progress and to provide a social structure in accordance with the central role of women in the social life. They also have been shown to play an effective role in the achievement of women’s rights and freedoms.