She#the challenger

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 SheTheChallenger: Hidayet Sefkatli Tuksal

 


There are many influential women in the world from all walks of life---politics, business, sports, and the arts to name just a few. Some of these women will readily admit that luck has played a major role for them, but surely that cannot be the only answer.

We believe that there are many things’ women can do to help themselves to be more influential and powerful. One such was Hidayet Sefkatli Tuksal.

Hidayet Sefkatli Tuksal was born in 1963 in Ankara, Turkey to a Muslim family from the Balkans. In 1980 she enrolled in the theology faculty of Ankara University. She joined a religious order during her time there and started veiling. She received a PhD in Islamic Theology from there. In 1994, Tuksal co-founded the Capital Women’s Platform. The platform challenged the religious basis of sexism and brought attention to the discrimination and injustice experienced by religious women in secular settings. 

Tucksal undertook postgraduate studies in philosophy at Middle East Technical University. After experiencing obstructions and attacks due to her headscarf, she was forced to abandon the university. She opened a clothing store with her sisters and mother after she was unable to find a job she enjoyed. Tuksal taught at an Imam Hatip school for a time before enrolling in a doctoral program. Following the 1997 postmodern coup and February 28 process, headscarves were banned in Turkey’s educational institutions. Tuksal identified this as a women’s issue and related that woman who wear headscarves were mostly adversely affected by this process. She noted that even some conservative Muslim families do not consider women wearing a headscarf in Islamic institutions. 

Tuksal identifies as a religious feminist. She has studied religious texts and challenged ideas that lead to the marginalization of women. She authored an academic study of gender bias. Tuksal also wrote a history of Turkey’s Islamist women’s movement. She has noted the division between Islamic and secular feminists in Turkey. 

Beginning in 2012, Tuksal was a columnist for the newspaper Taraf. 

Tuksal is now married and has three children. 

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