Introduction
	Women's role in the Turkish-Cypriot Society  During the Ottoman period, the women were left two hundred years lagging behind the civilisation; they were merely decorations for the home and men's friends in bed.   With the reforms that Atatürk put forward, the Turkish women were given rights that made their status equivalent to their European counterparts and sometimes even surpass them. (The rights to vote and to be voted were given to the Turkish women in 1934). [full article]
	Prominent Turkish-Cypriot Women
	Artists	Public Service
	Ruzen Atakan Gönen Atakol Ayhatun Atesin Kamran Aziz Armagan Karal Desem Tracey Emin Günay O. Güzelgün Nigün Kozal Aylin Örek Olga Rauf Emel Samioğlu Özden Selenge Ismet Sevki Bahire Korel	Onur Borman Dr Gülsen Bozkurt Dr Fatma Ekenoglu Hon Gönül B. Erönen Dr Hatice Faydali Hacıbulgur kardeşler Nurten Hüdaverdioglu Dr Gülin Sayiner Dr Ruhsan Tugyan
	Authors & Poets	Womens' Rights Campaigners
	Feriha Altiok Urkiye Mine Balman Neriman Cahit Pembe Marmara Filiz Nadöven Nese Yasin	Vedia Barut Latife Birgen Bahire Korel Sevgül Uludag Gülden Plümer Canan Volkan
	Sports
	Fatima Whitbread
	Organisations
	Turkish-Cypriot Womens' Council Turkish-Cypriot Association of University Women IFUW - Cyprus Research Women Waging Peace - Cyprus TKP - Kadin Kollari  Kadin/Women, Turkish-Cypriot Journal on Women's Studies
	People & Life