Egg Freezing Experiences of Women in Turkey: From the Social Context to the 
Narratives of Reproductive Ageing and Empowerment

Göçmen, İpek; Kılıç, Azer

doi:10.1177/1350506817742929

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Egg Freezing Experiences of Women in Turkey: From the Social Context to the Narratives of Reproductive Ageing and Empowerment

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Göçmen, İpek
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Social Policy Forum, Boğaziçi University, Turkey;

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Göçmen, İ., & Kılıç, A. (2017). Egg Freezing Experiences of Women in Turkey: From the Social Context to the Narratives of Reproductive Ageing and Empowerment. European Journal of Women's Studies, (published online November 18). doi:10.1177/1350506817742929.

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This article explores egg freezing experiences of women in Turkey. Since 2014, it has been legal in Turkey to use egg freezing technology for ageing women, while it was previously allowed only for disease-related purposes. In cooperation with a private fertility clinic in Istanbul, the authors conducted 21 interviews with older, single women who held either professional or managerial positions and who were undergoing or had undergone the procedure. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of these interviews, the authors explore the social context in which women postpone motherhood and decide to freeze their eggs. The study also looks at the women’s emotional responses to ageing that were triggered by the experience of egg freezing and their narratives of empowerment as a result of the procedure.