As the traditional structure marginalizing women has been broken with Westernization in late Ottoman Period, women have stepped forth to become symbols of change. Meanwhile, the art of painting has been changing along the lines of western forms and techniques, and its representations begin to differentiate. Spending most of her time in the household, the women in early era Turkish painting are often depicted indoors. However, while women's presence in the public sphere increase; it's an important question as to whether there are any changes in the representation of the female figure in the art of painting. The purpose of this work is to emphasize the image of women and to draw attention to its importance in construction of the public in a social sense. In this essay, the changing of Turkish public life in the first years of 20th century was being taken in accordance with Jürgen Habermas’s theory of public sphere. The research is preferred to image analysis get through a view of the selected works which represent of women in public sphere. The research finds that the images representing the public sphere are beyond documenting the changing street life as a result of Westernization, also the image of women as the symbol of modern life is used to create modern scenes.