Turkish women gain the vote
1934 · Event
Atatürk's reforms grant Turkish women full suffrage, among the earliest in the world, part of the secular modernisation of the republic.
On these timelines: Women in history, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Atatürk and the Birth of Modern Turkey, Master, Votes for Women
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