Health services and women in Turkey in the terms of biyo-power

Modernity, as explained in many different ways by the nineteenth century is the key concept to explaine the social events. With the changes of modernity, the perception of power has developed many changes and different view points. Michel Foucault?s power analysis is accepted as an important reference in understanding modern power and its reflections in modern society. In these circumstances, health and women?s health are the major management tools of population politics that is one of the major subjects of bio-power reconstruction. Population politics, the most important manipulation tool for welfare state, are arranged parallel to the women?s health services and become evident over female reproduction capacity.In this study, bio-power, as introduced by Michel Foucault, is analysed based on health services for women which is a tool for population politics and implementations in Turkey.Keywords: Modernity, Power, Bio-power, Women, Population, Health Services, Michel Foucault.