Why Women Support Conservative Parties: The Case of Turkey.

The article explains why many women support conservative parties that undermine gender-based equalities by exploring the mechanisms of conservative bargaining with women under the Justice and Development Party in Turkey between 2002 and 2020. Topics include a variety of forms in which women support these parties such as voting for the parties and organizing grassroots activism, the reasons for the significance of the Turkish case, and the specific features of Turkish autocratic government that make it appealing to women.