International women rights norms and situation in turkey: A political and legal approach

The concept of the human rights which describes the fundamental rights and freedom of human beings have from birth, attains a special consideration nowadays. All international documents relevant to these rights; consider all human beings are equal in terms of their dignity and rights without any distinction and stress principle of unacceptable of discrimination on the base of sex.When the human rights are considered in historical perspective; it is obvious there has been a clear discrimination against women (opposing men) between existence of rights and having these rights in actual. Even if such discrimination is still a matter for either men and women in any community in different fields such as education, health, economy, social and cultural life, when statistics are examined it can be clearly seen the women are affected worse.This study aims to analyze the rights of women in general and rights of women in Turkey in particular. With considering the struggle of women to get accepted as equal human beings in the community, this study tries to clarify the present situation concerning rights of women in Turkey and affects on women. In the study, by reviewing the relevant international documents, regulations and practises; the rights of women in Turkey are examined with a view to clarify the present situation and problems as well as the possible solutions to these problems.