Turkish women in fine arts

The daughters of the enlightened people in Turkish society were allowed to participate in art privately, and they could not make it a career.

[4] During the Turkish Republic-era, art training was promoted by the government, and beginning in 1930 painting courses were added to the curriculum of the schools.

In Turkey, women have taken a leading role in art not because they have been drawn or compelled to make art portraits but because of their individual and experimental attitude that has continued to thrive and made the women come up with artwork that defines the woman’s position in society.

Looking at this work, Atagok brings out a woman with protruding buttocks and large breasts to show the power of women in society.

It shows the importance of the female body and brings out the identity of being a woman and the essential role of women in society.