ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a detailed analysis of the uneven and combined development of patriarchy in Turkey (2000s– current). Rejecting the predominant method of differentiating rural from urban areas, it conceptualises agrarian, semi-agrarian and non-agrarian cities. The chapter further investigates the way in which women in agrarian and semi-agrarian cities largely experience premodern and modern domestic patriarchies whereas, neoliberal public patriarchy occurs alongside modern domestic patriarchy in non-agrarian cities. Drawing on such geopolitical analysis of patriarchal transformation, it considers the divisions amongst women on the grounds of varieties of patriarchy. Considering varieties of racist regimes in the country, the chapter looks at how far the experiences of Alevi and Kurdish women can be distinguished from those of women with the dominant ethnicity and religious backgrounds.
