Women's suffrage in Turkey

Women allocated to candidates in the Istanbul General Assembly chambers, from Vakit newspaper dated September 24, 1934.
The first female MPs elected by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the general elections of February 8, 1935.
Women in Turkey

The recognition of women's right to choose and be elected refers to the adoption of laws necessary for women to gain political rights in Turkey in the 1930s. The achievement of women's right to choose and be elected in political life is one of the Atatürk's reforms that took place in social life.

With a series of laws enacted since 1930, women were given the right to first participate in municipal elections, then become headmen in villages, and be elected to councils of elders. Their rights to elect and be elected as MPs were recognized with the amendment made to the Constitution and Election Law on December 5, 1934.