RAHATLAMA BİRLİKLERİ: FEMİNİZM ÇERÇEVESİNDE BİR ANALİZ

Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula and its rule there between 1910 and 1945 had serious impact on the Korean society and at the memories of its people. This impact has political and socio-cultural reflections. Between two countries (at this point it would be better to use three countries since it is necessary to add North Korea too to the issue), there are some problems coming from the colonial rule, and sometimes they become more visible and lead to tension. One of those issues is the “comfort women”. In this paper, it is aimed to analyse how the comfort women issue has come out, how it affects the international relations of the related countries and finally how the issue is addressed from the international law perspective. This analysis will be constructed based on a feminist theory perspective mainly concentrating on the war rapes and women’s forced participation at this process. The study aims to contribute to the literature in the way that; both it is one of the few examples in Turkish literature on comfort women issue and it is one of the few examples of case study with feminist perspective.