It played a significant part in the history of the Turkish women's movement.
In 1923, after the foundation of the Turkish Republic, the Women's People Party was founded by Nezihe Muhiddin.
In response, Nezihe Muhiddin founded the Türk Kadınlar Birliği to work for the introduction of women's suffrage.
The organization hosted the Twelfth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Istanbul in 1935.
[3] Most of the women elected to Parliament in 1935 were members of the Türk Kadınlar Birliği.