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enTOP MYTHS ABOUT LIFE IN TURKEY. Part 1
Myth one: ALL TURKISH WOMEN SHOULD WEAR PARANJA
Although every Turk has “Muslim” in his passport (kimlik), in the column “religion”, Turkey is primarily a secular country, which fundamentally distinguishes it from other Islamic countries. According to Turkish law, all women have the right to work and study in public institutions and hold positions in the government.
Fortunately, thanks to the reforms of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at the beginning of the last century, Turkish women were equated with men in their rights. Among the Turkish women there are representatives of almost all professions that were once accessible only to men - both parliamentary deputies and university professors, writers, journalists, judges, lawyers and doctors; there are also singers, ballerinas, and dramatic actresses among them.
A woman will always remain a woman!
Among the "closed" girls come across real women of fashion. They follow the latest fashion trends in everything except the length of the skirts, but this obstacle, as it turned out, can be circumvented. In addition, there is a fashion for how scarves should be tied this season.
In Turkey, the number of women leaders has increased since 2004 from 20% to 29%, while in Belgium there are only 12%, and in Denmark - 13%. For comparison: in Mexico, over the years, this figure has increased from
27% to 31%, in Hong Kong - from 26% to 28%, in India - from 12% to 15%, in Singapore from 23% to 28%. As for European countries, in Poland the number of women top managers has decreased over the years from 36% to 32%, in France - from 21% to 18%, in the USA - 20% remained unchanged. In Russia this figure is 42%.
However, on the streets of the city you can see quite a few women with their heads covered. Many of these women are rural or elderly women, and for them the headscarf is a traditional headdress, and this has nothing to do with religious conservatism.
