Women's representation in history of Turkish parliament: The case of Samsun

Democracy is one of the most widely used form of government today. In many countries, democracy is ensured through parliaments and the public are represented by representatives. However, throughout history, there has been unequal situation between gender in terms of represented in parliament. In this respect, it can be said that there is a problem with women's representation in parliament. The purpose of this study is to examine women's representation in the history of the Turkish Parliament, and to tackle the female representatives of Samsun and the legislative activities of these representatives. The difference of this study from other studies is that it deals with the issue of women's representation through the Samsun Example. This study consists of three parts. In the first part, the consepts of democracy, representation and political participation are explained under seperate titles. In the second part, women's representation in world parliamentary history, women's representation in history of the Turkish parliament and problems and solution proposals are included. In the third and final part, female representatives and legislative activities in the case of Samsun are examinated. Within the scope of data examined in the study, it was concluded that women are underrepresented in Türkiye. The importance of this study is to pave the way for more representation of women by determining the current situation regarding women's representation in Türkiye.