Transition from the last period of the Ottoman to the republic women's identity and clothes in the process

The westernization effect on women's identity and clothing in the Ottoman and Republican Periods is examined. The study deals with the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the proclamation of the Republic and the development of women's identity and clothing characteristics. With the declaration of the Tanzimat edict in the last years of the Ottoman Empire, breakthroughs in the rights of women began. How much can it be applied to the project of female identity in the society in the modernization of the Republican Period. The aim is to determine how much Ottoman women and Republican women have adopted these reforms in the modernization process and their reflection on their costumes is examined. The changes made on the image of women in the reforms created in the early days of the Republic are examined. Turkish Women reach their modern identity with the reform movements carried out by Atatürk in the Republican Period. Examining the identity of women, which has become the symbol of the Republican Era, and comparing the image drawn by the state while experiencing this change and the current woman living this process. This is how the rights and laws granted to women are applied in practice. In the Republican Era, the new image of woman got rid of its traditional identity and took a modern, contemporary look. Women are supported to be included in education and working life by being guided by the state. The biggest trend of the Republican Period was that Turkish women should have equal rights with men. With the Tanzimat Fermanı, steps are taken towards modern clothing against the traditional clothing approach. In the Republican Period, modern clothing is accepted. With the declaration of the dress reform, a change has begun in the way of being modern in Turkish women's clothing. In the Republican Era modernization project, the construction of female identity and the subject of being an individual and the stages in the clothing process are examined. In the process from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, the transformation of traditional women's clothes into modern clothes is discussed. The change of Turkish women's clothing preferences according to social positions, limited to the time passed until the end of the 1920s, is explained as a subject.