Competing Frameworks of Islamic Law and Secular Civil Law in Turkey: a Case Study on Women's Property and Inheritance Practices

dc.contributor.author Toktaş, Şule
dc.contributor.author Louıse Şimşek, Mary
dc.contributor.author O'Neil, Mary Lou
dc.contributor.other Political Science and International Relations
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-27T08:02:38Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-27T08:02:38Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.department Fakülteler, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü en_US
dc.description.abstract The article stems from empirical research conducted with a group of women living in Istanbul who have conservative life styles bounded by an Islamic worldview. It attempts to illuminate the negotiation and contestation between the official civil law and Islamic law. The findings demonstrate that women inherit and bequeath property in a social setting where their gender roles are defined by their adherence to Islam. We argue that in Turkey women's inheritance practices are not determined solely in accordance with the secular civil law but rather are the result of a complex and intertwined combination of legal sources where an Islamic worldview often leads to the adoption of Islamic law. In other words the application of the secular civil law in Turkey is limited by the common practice of Islamic law. Rather than follow the gender equality mandated by the civil law the inheritance practices of many Islamic women are constituted with a deference to some aspects of Islamic law creating a situation of legal pluralism in Turkey. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. en_US]
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.wsif.2014.10.011 en_US
dc.identifier.endpage 38
dc.identifier.issn 0277-5395 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0277-5395
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-84910088876 en_US
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.startpage 29 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/658
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2014.10.011
dc.identifier.volume 48 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000349875800004 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q3
dc.institutionauthor Toktaş, Şule en_US
dc.institutionauthor O'Neil, Mary Lou en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd en_US
dc.relation.journal Womens Studies International Forum en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
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dc.title Competing Frameworks of Islamic Law and Secular Civil Law in Turkey: a Case Study on Women's Property and Inheritance Practices en_US
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