Browsing by Author "Cindoglu, Dilek"

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New Turkey, Social Policy, and a Daytime Talk Show as a Remedy: Muge Anli as a Modern calikusu
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024) Cindoglu, Dilek; Aytemiz, Oyku Deniz; Kaya, Yigit Bahadir
'Muge Anli ile Tatli Sert', which investigates unresolved criminal cases with interactive audience support, is one the most popular daytime television shows in contemporary Turkey. The neoliberal restructuring of the welfare system in New Turkey posits that providing protection and security against social risks is the sole responsibility of individuals and families. In line with this approach, the show individualizes social problems ready to be resolved by 'Muge Abla' (Sister Muge) and her audience. Muge Anli's image, which conforms to the ideal modern and modest Republican woman, allows her to gain authority, trust, respect, and popularity. The show's discourses, structure, and communicative strategies are the product of the New Turkey where 'the sacred family' is the central political unit and the nation is an extended, happy family reproduced through this show.
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Women's Tertiary Education Masks the Gender Wage Gap in Turkey
(Springer, 2017) Tekgüç, Hasan; Eryar, Deger; Cindoglu, Dilek
This paper investigates the gender wage gap for full-time formal sector employees disaggregated by education level. The gap between the labor force participation rate of women with tertiary education and those with lower levels of education is substantial. There is no such gap for men. Hence existing gender wage gap studies for Turkey where we observe lopsided labor force participation rates by education levels compare two very different populations. We disaggregate the whole sample by education level to create more homogenous sub-groups. For Turkey without disaggregation the gender wage gap was 13% in 2011 and women are significantly over-qualified relative to men on observed characteristics. Once we disaggregate the sample by education level we show that the gender wage gap is 24% for less educated women and 9% for women with tertiary education in full-time formal employment. Observed characteristics only explain 1 % of this gap in absolute terms. We further disaggregate the data by public and private employment. The gender gap is higher in the private sector. However women with tertiary education in the public sector are significantly better qualified compared to men and consequently the adjusted gender wage gap is higher for women with tertiary education in the public sector. Our estimates also indicate a rise in the gender wage gap between 2004 and 2011.