%0 Journal Article %T Women¡¯s Civil Society Organizations: A Sociological Study %A Mehmet Ali KIRMAN %A £¿mer Faruk I£¿IKLI %J - %D 2018 %X From the perspective of the historical process of non-governmental organization (NGO) presence, it is a social reality for today. In the past two decades, women¡¯s non-governmental organizations as another social reality has intensively increased. It might say that, women¡¯s activities in these organizations made them social and these organizations are very important area for their socialization. It is possible to say, the number of women¡¯s associations have increased for the last two decades. Women¡¯s participation in social life, their visibility in the public domain, the impact of women¡¯s associations in public to human rights for women is an undeniable reality. In this research as a quantitative study based on statistics, the following questions will be sought: How do women¡¯s associations effect raising awareness of women¡¯s rights as a civil society movement? What is the perspective of society about the women¡¯s associations in current process? Is there any differentiation between NGOs from city to city or from region to region in Turkey? Additionally, what is the number of women members than men in the NGOs in Turkey? Is there any pressure (patriarchal perception, traditional religious repression) about that activities of women¡¯s associations? In this study we ask like these questions in sociological framework %K Women %K Civil Society %K Civil Society Organization %K Patriarchy and Religion %U http://dergipark.org.tr/antakiyat/issue/41579/485559