This paper explores how women's sexual and bodily rights advocates struggle for progressive reform in a context where conservative political forces make active use of issues of sexuality to seek to bolster their power. Based on the reform of the Turkish Penal Code (2004), this paper outlines the key driving forces and obstacles to achieving success.

Liz Ercevik Amado
in Building Feminist Movements and Organizations
New York, 2007
Zed Books & The Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
ISBN 978 1 84277 849 4 Hb