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Turkey is a country where a secular, laicist establishment clashes with centuries-old religious traditions, and where the poorer, more traditional east of Turkey and the richer, more westernised west of Turkey are significantly different. Women in the east stick to conservative, Islamic ideals. Many people from the east have migrated to cities in the west, particularly Istanbul (all of Turkey's ten biggest cities, with the exception of Gaziantep, all happen to be located in the west), looking for a more prosperous life. As a result of an influx of people from the east, it would be inaccurate to generalise all western women in a particular way. Instead, a distinction has to be made between natives of the west and eastern immigrants. Whilst eastern immigrants still hold the traditions and beliefs which they held in the east, people native to the west are generally lead more secular, modern, sometimes even hedonistic lives. As a result of these culture clashes and differences, it goes without saying that these significantly affect the lives of Turkish women.

The Turkish Constitution guarantees equal rights for men and women. Turkey was one of the first countries in the world to grant suffrage to women, allowing women to elect in 1930 and to be elected in 1934. With equal gender rights comes equal opportunities, and as such Turkish women have taken up positions as prominent as Prime Minister, a post granted to Tansu Çiller between 25 June 1993 and 6 March 1996.

Many of the rights Turkish women take for granted today are all thanks to the reforms implemented by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey and her first president, in an attempt to modernise the country.

Whereas in the west domestic violence and honour killings are unheard of, sometimes virtually non-existent, in the east these human rights abuses are still rife. There is also the issue of literacy; as of 2004, the literacy rate for women over the age of 15 was 79.6%, whereas for men it was 95.3%; this major difference in literacy rates can be attributed to

Music
The music is a fusion that combines elements of Turkish classical music and Spanish flamenco; strong use is made of violins (a staple component of Turkish classical music) and non-lexical vocables are sometimes chanted in the background ("lay la lay"), whilst flamenco guitar is used throughout the song's entirety and rhythmic flamenco claps are also used, namely during the chorus. Turntable scratches can also be heard towards the end of the song during the chants before the final chorus is sung.

Music video
The music video for Kukla is very kitsch, as is typical of many Turkish pop videos. In some parts of the video BDSM equipment, ranging from floggers to restraint equipment, can be seen in use, whether to make Krause look seductive or punishing.

Very few direct references are made to the lyrics, and even these are very minor. However, indirect references do exist and it can be argued that the BDSM equipment, particularly in a scene towards the end of the video where Krause can be seen restraining a man with BDSM equipment, is used to emphasise her power and symbolises the hate she feels towards the man she talks about in the song's lyrics.