Female MPs glad to wear pants in Turkey
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Milliyet
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 25, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - After more than a decade of petitioning, female deputies welcomed Parliament’s regulation amendment that would allow them to wear trousers in the general assembly. The current regulation requires women deputies to wear long skirts.
"People, especially deputies, know how to wear clothes," Gülten Kışanak, Diyarbakır deputy of the Democratic Society Party, or DTP, said in an interview with the Anatolia news agency over the weekend. "Nobody has to be told what to wear and where."
The initiative to amend the regulation was correct in saying that an imposed dress code was not appropriate for freedom and human rights, Kışanak said, adding that she liked wearing trousers and it was a new freedom for her.
Republican People’s Party, or CHP’s, İzmir deputy Canan Arıtman also welcomed the amendment. "If men can wear trousers, so should women." Recalling that Parliament had recently established the Commission on Equal Opportunity for Women and Men, Arıtman said: "They expect equality on all grounds. Wearing trousers is very convenient and comfortable for working women. I used to wear trousers before becoming a deputy." "Trousers are comfortable for female deputies," said Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP’s, İzmir deputy Şenol Bal. "It was a good decision," she said.
"Trousers are better, especially in cold weather," said Bal, adding that she wore trousers during her academic career and still wears them outside Parliament. She said she didn’t have many trousers in her wardrobe after she was elected to Parliament.
The initiative to amend the regulation was correct in saying that an imposed dress code was not appropriate for freedom and human rights, Kışanak said, adding that she liked wearing trousers and it was a new freedom for her.
Republican People’s Party, or CHP’s, İzmir deputy Canan Arıtman also welcomed the amendment. "If men can wear trousers, so should women." Recalling that Parliament had recently established the Commission on Equal Opportunity for Women and Men, Arıtman said: "They expect equality on all grounds. Wearing trousers is very convenient and comfortable for working women. I used to wear trousers before becoming a deputy." "Trousers are comfortable for female deputies," said Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP’s, İzmir deputy Şenol Bal. "It was a good decision," she said.
"Trousers are better, especially in cold weather," said Bal, adding that she wore trousers during her academic career and still wears them outside Parliament. She said she didn’t have many trousers in her wardrobe after she was elected to Parliament.