Power and body: The problem of headscarf in Turkey

The concept of power, on the basis of social relations and political grounds is a controversial concept. Structural characteristics of power, vary periodically in accordance with the vehicles they use. Periods, using the traditional methods of power like killing and torturing, gained a hegemonic and discursive feature in the modern era. Comprehensive intervention of power to the body reveals body-power relations. With the hegemonic and discursive feature modern adminstrative state, widened control over on the population in general and in particular over dress.The interventions may be on dressing style and on body as well. Body always faces interventions and the interventions are concentrated on dressing style too. Addressing the issue of headscarves in Turkey as a body politic, illüminate the aspects and intensity of the intervention. In this regard, the headscarf issue in Turkey examinated as a body politic practice in this study.Key Words: Power, Administrative State, Body, Headscarf, Turkey