ON THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN PRE-ISLAMIC TURKISH SOCIETY

In determining the civilization level of societies,

The position of women and children has an important place. From the most primitive social life

Today, the rights of these two groups are essentially the same as the human rights of societies.

It also helps to understand your point of view. First Age dominated by patriarchy

The murder of girls in their civilization is a lifetime

situations such as living under his guardianship or not being deemed worthy of being named

These are grave examples that show the extent that gender discrimination has reached. same

societies where the murderer is not punished when a woman is killed

As it is, women and children work for the father, and the husband wants the woman.

It is also common to encounter situations where time can be wasted. These are happening

The issue of the place of women in Turkish society in the past

It will be an important measure that determines its place in the history of civilization. woman's family

and their political and legal rights, starting from their place in the society.

When the issue that can be discussed together comes to light,

on the presumption that it is underestimated and does not contribute to the history of civilization.

The real place of the Turks, whose propositions were produced, in history is also coming to light.

will start.

Keywords: Pre-Islamic period, Turks, women, social status,

legal status, economic rights.

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abstract

The position of the women and the children play an important role in

determination of the level of the civilisation of the society. The rights of both

groups actually provide a better point of view of the societies towards human

rights from the most primitive societies up to now. In the dominant patriarchal

structure in the ancient civilisations the killing of the girls, their living under

the custody of someone or not being honored to be given a name are the bad

examples of indication that displays the dimensioın of the sex discrimination.

it a common fact that there are societies similarly when a woman is killed the

murderer is never punished and the woman and children work for the father

and the husband gets divorced form his wife whenever he wants. during

these times when all these are experienced what the position of the woman in

the Turkish society is will be an important criteria to determine the place of

the Turks in the history of civilisation. When the matter starts from the

point of the position of the woman in the family and the society together with

political and legal rights is illuminated the position of the Turks who are

despised as nomadic and about whom some ideas are fabricated claiming that

they did not contribute to the history of civilisation with some prejudices will

start to come to the fore.

Keywords: The pre-Islamic period, Turks, woman, social status, legal

situation, economic rigts.

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prof. Dr.; Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, telliogluibrahim@gmail.com.

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55 İbrahim TELLİOĞLU

In many of the works about the old Turkish society, especially prepared by the westerners,

Various propositions were produced based on the fact that the Turks were nomadic:

Turks, who could not be among the first great civilizations because of this, almost contributed to the development of humanity.

It is a community that has never contributed. Nomadic organized into wild family groups

they are shepherds. Turks, who are deprived of civilized qualifications from birth, are also included.

nomads consume only what is available and in this sense, they block the developments that make life easier.

Even if they seize a place with their military forces, they start an interregnum in that country, it is not possible to cause chaos.

They don't do anything beyond. stray because of their lack of any belief system

There is no harm in being described as a mass of people. As they do not have a government organization

they do not know what the law is, they like to live by their own rules (Kafesoğlu, 1988, pp. 32-33). This

In today's world, thinkers who try to define the old Turks with similar propositions are wrong.

clearly emerged.

Pre-Islamic Turkish society was semi-nomadic. The economic system is largely animal husbandry.

was built on. Turks living in tribes in the first period, with the emergence of states,

had begun to unite. One of the first communities to tame horses and use iron

They made a great contribution to the history of civilization. Thanks to the cavalry armies

They were able to establish political dominance in the geographies they lived in without much difficulty. Themselves

From the Chinese, who accepted it as the center of civilization, to the European communities, many

Many different elements have reorganized their military structures by taking the Turkish army system as an example.

In addition, thanks to the powerful states they established, many countries from the Chinese border to the Atlantic Ocean.

They have kept different communities together under their banners.

Some thinkers, who accept the political and military virtues of the Turks, only use these qualities.

that they can be valued with civilization, because they are nomadic