Woman in Zeynep Kaçar's theater works

Zeynep Kaçar, who brought a new breath to our litarature with her plays, is a writer who highlights women and women's issues. The general theme of her works revolves around women, who are separated into two groups, urban and rural. In her plays, she addresses women's representation from different lives, the sense of inequality frequently encountered in life, and the marginalization of women. Her plays highlight many issues related to the place and importance of women in society. The general aim of her plays that deal with women's voices and roles is to place women at the center of life without marginalizing or stereotyping them as "the other". The purpose of this study is to examine Zeynep Kaçar's plays in light of theater works and to read "the struggle of women from all ethnic backgrounds, especially Turkish women, for a free life" as a whole. This research focuses on how women's issues are handled in Kaçar's plays. The first section of the study explains the concept of theater and touches upon the relationship between reality and theater. Later, the concept of social reality and theater. Later, the consept of social reality is discussed, and theater is explained within the framework of social realty: how it is gained and how it is evaluated. This is followed by an evaluation of how women's issues shed light on the concept of feminism in Zeynep Kaçar's plays. The first part of the study examines "Theater, Social Reality, and Feminism"in general, followed by an analysis of Zeynep Kaçar's life, art identity, and plays. The second part interprets women's roles and perspectives on women in her works. In the third part, specific plays by the author are discussed in detail, examining the social issues that shape the position of women and the problems they face. Keywords: Zeynep Kaçar, feminism, women, theatre, play