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Subido el 17 de julio de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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Turkey's accession negotiations with the EU are scheduled to start on October 3 in Luxembourg. In this context, the European Commission is making available to television channels the video report "Turkish women, between tradition and modernity".Since the days of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, women have had equal legal rights. They even won the right to vote before women in France. But itís a different story in some rural areas, where tradition and family dominate. This video portrays five Turkish women who give an interesting insight into Turkish society. Guler Sabanci, the head of Sabanci Holding, a huge conglomerate dealing in everything from food to banking and cars. In Turkey, where less than a third of women are officially in work and one in four women is unable to read or write, Guler Sabanci represents another facet of the country, a growing group of educated, modern working Turkish women. In her eyes, the Western Europeans who see Turkey as an over-populated, backward country are not seeing the full picture. Ilgin Cimsek, DJ woman in one of Istanbulís trendy night clubs. Ilgin has never felt any big differences in her professional or social life from any other young people in Western Europe. She knows though that in many rural areas of Turkey young women have a completely different lifestyle. Sheís unhappy that itís this one sided picture of traditional Turkey which is the one usually portrayed in the Western media. Yasar Seyman, writer and trade unionist, is another woman who wants to change the male dominated image of her country. Sheís ready to take on Western prejudices and the traditional mindset of Turkish society. She is one of the rare female trade unionists in the country, in addition to being a journalist, writer and women rightsí defender. Ozcan Caliskan is a police chief in Turkeyís capital Ankara- responsible for 300 people and 75 local police units. In recent years, Turkey has made significant progress in reducing police brutality and violence. According to Ozcan Caliskan, the EU helped in contributing to the improvement of police working methods. Emine Bozkurt, Member of the European Parliament. Emine, herself a daughter of an immigrant Turkish worker, has drawn up a European Parliament resolution on womenís rights in Turkey. The resolution, which was adopted with a huge majority, draws attention to four main problems-: violence against women, education, participation in the labour market and women in Turkish politics. But the resolution recognises that Turkey has carried out legislative reforms which were given a boost by the prospect of EU membership.

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Bridging Asia and Europe, Turkey is a country full of contradictions. 00:00:00
It's split between tradition and modernity, 00:00:04
a split which can be seen clearly in the lives of Turkish women. 00:00:07
Since the days of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, 00:00:11
women have had equal legal rights. 00:00:15
They even won the right to vote before women in France. 00:00:18
But it's a different story in some rural areas. 00:00:21
There, tradition and family dominate. 00:00:24
It's early morning in central Istanbul. 00:00:28
The streets are filled with the aroma of fresh produce. 00:00:31
The storeholders and shopkeepers are ready for a hard day's work. 00:00:34
Only a few kilometres away, a busy day starts 00:00:47
for one of the country's most powerful businesswomen. 00:00:50
Gula Sabancı is the head of Sabancı Holding, 00:00:53
a huge conglomerate dealing in everything from food to banking and cars. 00:00:56
One of her tasks today is to view and approve a new company video. 00:01:00
The family business started out in 1967. 00:01:04
Gula's uncle chose her to succeed him at the head of the family empire 00:01:07
rather than any of his male relatives. 00:01:11
In Turkey, less than a third of women is officially employed. 00:01:16
And one in four women is unable to read or write. 00:01:20
Gula Sabancı represents another facet of the country, 00:01:23
a growing group of educated, modern, working Turkish women. 00:01:26
In her eyes, the Western Europeans who see Turkey 00:01:32
as an overpopulated, backward country are not seeing the full picture. 00:01:35
First of all, for those who are friends in Turkey, 00:01:44
first of all, for those who are friends in Europe 00:01:48
who are worried about Turkey's accession to Europe, 00:01:51
the good news is they are not coming tomorrow. 00:01:55
There's ten years minimum, so they should not worry about it. 00:02:00
That's the second thing, is in ten years' time, 00:02:05
the Turkish economy will be in much better shape than today. 00:02:09
Today, the country's economy is made up of a modern manufacturing and service sector 00:02:15
alongside a large undeveloped farm sector. 00:02:20
According to Gula Sabancı, the country's fast-growing and now stable economy 00:02:23
will benefit Europe in two ways, 00:02:27
bringing efficient production as well as a huge market 00:02:30
of 70 million mostly young people. 00:02:33
In return, Europe will bring social stability to Turkey. 00:02:36
We have great respect for Europe. 00:02:41
You know why? Because of human rights. 00:02:44
Because of high standards and norms of human rights. 00:02:48
And that is why we respect Europe. 00:02:55
That is why we want to be part of Europe. 00:02:58
Midday in the north of Istanbul. 00:03:01
Lunchtime begins for thousands of managers and office workers 00:03:04
in the modern headquarters of Sabancı Holding. 00:03:07
In the narrow streets close to the old city, 00:03:10
crowds of people stroll through the markets and bazaars 00:03:13
while the faithful are called to prayer. 00:03:16
It's about this time that Ilgin Şimşek wakes up 00:03:28
and begins to spin and scratch her vinyl discs on the turntable. 00:03:31
Ilgin is one of just four female DJs in Turkey. 00:03:36
She learned to mix beats and get people dancing 00:03:39
in a famous DJ school in Paris. 00:03:42
Now she plays her music every night in a trendy nightclub in Istanbul. 00:03:44
At first, Ilgin's family weren't too keen on her doing what they saw as a man's job. 00:03:48
But her persistence finally persuaded her parents. 00:03:53
It's not bad to work in a club, you know. 00:04:00
If you trust yourself, if your parents trust you, it's OK. 00:04:03
It's not a problem. 00:04:07
They were really nervous when they saw what I'm doing. 00:04:09
They were OK. 00:04:12
Like many other modern Turkish young people, Ilgin is highly ambitious. 00:04:14
I want to grow, like, to be a producer. 00:04:20
Because you can play maybe more five years, maybe six years. 00:04:23
And then I just want to touch my label like this. 00:04:27
It's good to dream about this. 00:04:31
I want to touch my vinyl, you know. 00:04:33
Ilgin has never felt any big differences in her professional or social life 00:04:36
from any other young people in Western Europe. 00:04:40
She knows, though, that in many rural areas of Turkey, 00:04:43
young women have a completely different lifestyle. 00:04:46
She's unhappy that it's this one-sided picture of traditional Turkey 00:04:49
which is the one usually portrayed in the Western media. 00:04:52
Yasir Saiman is another woman who wants to change 00:04:56
the male-dominated image of her country. 00:04:59
She's ready to take on Western prejudices 00:05:02
and the traditional mindset of Turkish society. 00:05:05
She's one of the rare female trade unionists in the country, 00:05:08
in addition to being a journalist, writer and women's rights defender. 00:05:11
In her opinion, since the late 90s, the Turkish women's movement 00:05:15
has brought about important changes in society 00:05:19
with women's rights moving closer to international standards. 00:05:22
However, many rights exist on paper, but are yet to be put into practice. 00:05:26
In Turkey, there is not a problem with laws, 00:05:36
but it's the unwritten laws, the burden of tradition 00:05:39
and a male-dominated society that are the greatest obstacles for women. 00:05:42
So the problem really lies in men's power. 00:05:46
So the problem really lies in men's power, 00:05:49
tradition, religion and unwritten laws. 00:05:52
Several years ago, this CD could never have been part of Yasir's collection. 00:05:59
Being of Kurdish origin, she enjoys music, theatre and radio broadcasts 00:06:03
in her own language, something banned until 1991. 00:06:07
But she says that there's still a long way to go. 00:06:11
Özcan Çalışkan is a defender of laws. 00:06:15
She's a police chief in Turkey's capital Ankara, 00:06:18
responsible for 300 people and 75 local police units. 00:06:21
Her father disapproved of Özcan's plans to study French, 00:06:26
so she became a policewoman, something she's never regretted. 00:06:30
About 10% of police officers are women. 00:06:35
That's why we don't have any difficulties in the organisation 00:06:38
and we are not treated any differently. 00:06:42
And legally, that's the case in almost all sectors of the society. 00:06:44
On a routine inspection of Ankara's police stations, 00:06:49
she monitors the way police officers carry out their duties. 00:06:52
In addition to checking documents, 00:06:56
she also inspects the detention conditions for people in police custody. 00:06:58
In recent years, Turkey has made significant progress 00:07:04
in reducing police brutality and violence. 00:07:07
According to Özcan Çalışkan, the EU helped in contributing 00:07:10
to the improvement of police working methods. 00:07:13
The police, especially its criminal units, 00:07:22
have seriously invested to ensure that cases are solved 00:07:25
on the delivery of proof rather than on the basis of pure suspicion, 00:07:29
as was common practice before. 00:07:34
In towns and cities, research stations and regional criminal laboratories 00:07:41
have been set up to collect all evidence 00:07:46
and solve cases even from just a single hair. 00:07:49
We're now 2,500 km away from Turkey, in the heart of Brussels. 00:07:59
Many Turkish workers from rural areas have moved to Europe since the late 60s. 00:08:04
Today, Europe's Turkish community is around 3 million strong. 00:08:09
The image many Europeans have of Turks is that they're insular, 00:08:13
religious and culturally conservative. 00:08:16
This superficial picture bothers Emine Bozkurt, 00:08:19
the first Dutch member of the European Parliament of Turkish origin. 00:08:22
Turkey is a country with many faces. 00:08:26
You have very modern cities, even more modern than many European cities, 00:08:30
but you have also the rural parts of Turkey 00:08:37
and that same case of different faces you see here in the Turkish community too. 00:08:40
Emine, herself the daughter of an immigrant Turkish worker, 00:08:47
has drawn up a European Parliament resolution on women's rights in Turkey. 00:08:51
The resolution, which was adopted with a huge majority, 00:08:55
draws attention to four main problems. 00:08:59
Violence against women, education, participation in the labour market 00:09:02
and the fact there are so few women in Turkish politics. 00:09:06
But the resolution recognises that Turkey has carried out legislative reforms 00:09:10
which were given a boost by the prospect of EU membership. 00:09:14
I think that the talks about membership of the European Union 00:09:20
has worked as a pressure cooker in this way. 00:09:27
I think a lot of the things worked faster and faster and also to help 00:09:31
because the European Union has a lot of attention to human rights. 00:09:37
In Brussels, Emine Bozkurt finishes her busy day 00:09:44
in the European Parliament's Women's Rights Committee. 00:09:47
At the same time in Istanbul, DJ Ilgin starts to pump up the beat in the nightclub 00:09:58
overlooking the waves of the Bosphorus 00:10:03
and the roofs of mosques, churches and beautiful palaces. 00:10:05
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17 de julio de 2007 - 14:54
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