Women’s Rights in Limited Democracies: Comparative Study of Femicide in Turkey and Bulgaria

<p>In this paper, I examine female homicide and its relation with Turkey and Bulgaria’s political and economic development and social structure. Turkey and Bulgaria are two countries sharing a border and many similarities with regard to politics, economics, and culture. These two countries have historically engaged since the 14th -15th centuries. Geographical closeness, living together during the Ottoman Empire, and sharing a common heritage and culture bound these two countries. Besides, they have politically similar patterns. Both are Republics and democracies, yet currently are struggling with democratic deficiency. Since I compare fairly similar countries and treat each country as a distinct object of the study, the findings tell more about the degree of similarities and differences in the femicide numbers. I investigate the contributing factors behind violence against women in two since 2001, using a novel quantitative dataset compiled from international sources. Both countries are categorized as having deficiencies in democracy, yet Bulgaria is assorted with a low level of religiosity compared to Turkey. I argue that high levels of democratic values and low religiosity are likely to facilitate women’s rights and less femicide. The analysis focuses on these political, economic, and cultural similarities and differences to compare their influences on femicide in Bulgaria and Turkey.</p> <p>Keywords Bulgaria* Turkey* Democratization* Religiosity* Women’s Rights</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2024

Author dc:creator

• Acarlar, Elif

Contributors dc:contributor

• Iliyan Iliev
• Marek Steedman
• Joseph Weinberg

• Bulgaria
• Turkey
• Democratization
• Religiosity
• Women’s Rights
• Femicide
• Gender and Sexuality
• International Relations
• Models and Methods
• Political Science
• Women's Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/1027

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-2101