Ms. Gaspard recalled that Turkey had made a declaration concerning nationality in connection with article 9, paragraph 1, when it had ratified the Convention, and she wondered whether the revision of the Law on Nationality would bring it into line with the Convention.

Ms. Gaspard said although Turkey had been a leader in women's rights in the 1920s, when women had been granted the right to vote and to hold office, little progress seemed to have been made since.