A recent survey demonstrates the gendered structure of state bureaucracy. Yigal, below, sums up the survey. Then follows a roundup on Turkish society related news…
A Thick Glass Ceiling
Turkey’s State Personnel Department has just released figures detailing the participation (or lack thereof) of women in the country’s bureaucracy. It’s not a pretty picture. From a report in Today’s Zaman:
All undersecretaries in Turkish ministries are male. Out of 79 deputy undersecretaries, only 2 are female. Out of 96 director generals in Turkish ministries, 91 are male. All of the 175 governors in Turkey are male. Out of 450 deputy governors, 12 are female. Out of 8,284 high level bureaucrats, 7,713 are male while only 571 seats are taken by female public servants.
Out of 989 district governors, 19 are female.
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The Turkish Street Fighter: Hakan
Even though I am an early member of the Computer Generation, I still get surprised to see that today’s children enjoy the modern versions of the video-games of my childhood. Street Fighter is one of them. In the late 80s, I was playing this game with my brother on our Amiga 500 (then Amiga 1200 and the PC). And if we were away from home, say, for a summer vacation with our family, we were doing everything to find a local arcade with this game.
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