Abstract

This article examines patterns of gender relations in Ankara in the early 1950s. Based in part on the unpublished memoirs of Kemal Tanyolaç, who provided extensive details of his bachelor years in Ankara, this article explores a wide variety of relationships between men and women, from traditional marriage-oriented matchmaking and modern dating, through business relationships as work colleagues or landlord and tenant, to different types of illicit sexual relations. We look at changes in how men and women viewed each other and their relationships, and what effects that had on the ongoing social changes of the time. We argue that all types of relationships and the possibilities they entailed, including prostitution, need to be understood in complex, nuanced ways in order to understand the society that was emerging in post-Second World War urban Turkey.

摘要

本文考察了 1950 年代初期安卡拉的性别关系模式。部分基于 Kemal Tanyola 未出版的回忆录，他提供了他在安卡拉的单身岁月的大量细节，本文探讨了男人和女人之间的各种关系，从传统的以婚姻为导向的婚介和现代约会，再到商业同事或房东和租户的关系，以及不同类型的非法性关系。我们研究男性和女性如何看待彼此及其关系的变化，以及对当时正在进行的社会变化产生的影响。我们认为，所有类型的关系及其带来的可能性，包括卖淫，都需要复杂的、