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To: DED
Unexpected country?

Women won full electoral rights in 1934.

The world's first female combat pilot was Sabiha Gokcen in 1934.

The first female combat jet pilot in NATO (including the USA) was Leman Bozkurt Altincekic (1958).

There were 17 women in the Turkish parliament in 1935.

I could go on ...

22 posted on 04/25/2003 6:43:33 PM PDT by Turk2 (Dulce bellum inexpertis)
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To: Turk2
Unexpected at least to ME. I wouldn't expect an article like this from ANYPLACE in that part of the world, or where Islam is the primary religion.
59 posted on 04/26/2003 6:08:52 AM PDT by DED (Liberals Never Learn. *LNL*)
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