Madam Ataturk

New in paperback, the first biography to be written on Latife Hanm, an exceptional and courageous woman, well ahead of her time, who lived through a remarkable period in Turkish history.

Informationen zum Autor Born in Istanbul in 1947, Ipek Çalislar is a journalist and writer. She has worked at the prestigious daily Cumhuriyet for twelve years and has served on the boards of KA-DER, the Association for the Support and Training of Women Candidates, and PEN Turkey. Çalislar was tried in Turkey for 'insulting the memory of Kemal Atatürk' with this biography but was later acquitted. Her first literary work, Madam Atatürk is a bestseller in Turkey and has been translated into eleven languages. Klappentext An international bestseller, this is the vivid biography of Latife Hanim, Kemal Atatürk's wife - a hugely significant figure in the birth of modern Turkey Zusammenfassung An international bestseller! this intimate biography vividly brings to life the story of an exceptional and courageous woman! well ahead of her time! who lived through a remarkable period in Turkish history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Translator's Note Glossary 1. Meeting 2. Latife's Family 3. The Occupation of Izmir, Latife's Hometown 4. Love Springs from the Ashes of the Great Fire 5. Mustafa Kemal Pasa Proposes 6. Waiting for the Wedding 7. Zübeyde Hanim, the Mother-in-Law 8. A Purebred Arabian as an Engagement Present 9. 'Get ready; we're getting married!' 10. Honeymoon 11. Arrival in Ankara, the Nationalist Base 12. The Bride Who Came to the Garrison 13. Latife Entertains the Foreign Press at Çankaya 14. Touring the Country Together 15. The 'Impertinent' Bride Who Wears Spurs 16. Bullet Holes in Latife's Clothes 17. Latife Wants to Stand for Parliament 18. Life at the Residence 19. The Proclamation of the Republic 20. The Groom Has a Heart Attack 21. Latife Shields Her Husband with Her Own Body 22. Latife Prepares the State Protocol 23. Women of the Time 24. The Women's Movement and Latife 25. Fikriye: The Former Consort Comes Back 26. Kick-starting the Economy 27. Autumn Tour 28. Days of Opposition 29. Was It a Love Match? 30. Divorce 31. Reverberations 32. Separation 33. Tears in Mustafa Kemal's Blue Eyes 34. Latife Supports the Second Party 35. A Unique Surname from Atatürk 36. The Campaign of Vilification 37. Latife Hides Her Illness 38. Guarding the History of the Republic in Her Safe Appendix I: Two Obituaries in the Foreign Press Appendix II: An Obituary in the Turkish Press Biographical Notes Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index...

Klappentext

An international bestseller, this is the vivid biography of Latife Hanim, Kemal Atatürk's wife - a hugely significant figure in the birth of modern Turkey

Inhalt

Introduction
Translator's Note
Glossary

1. Meeting
2. Latife's Family
3. The Occupation of Izmir, Latife's Hometown
4. Love Springs from the Ashes of the Great Fire
5. Mustafa Kemal Pasa Proposes
6. Waiting for the Wedding
7. Zübeyde Hanim, the Mother-in-Law
8. A Purebred Arabian as an Engagement Present
9. 'Get ready; we're getting married!'
10. Honeymoon
11. Arrival in Ankara, the Nationalist Base
12. The Bride Who Came to the Garrison
13. Latife Entertains the Foreign Press at Çankaya
14. Touring the Country Together
15. The 'Impertinent' Bride Who Wears Spurs
16. Bullet Holes in Latife's Clothes
17. Latife Wants to Stand for Parliament
18. Life at the Residence
19. The Proclamation of the Republic
20. The Groom Has a Heart Attack
21. Latife Shields Her Husband with Her Own Body
22. Latife Prepares the State Protocol
23. Women of the Time
24. The Women's Movement and Latife
25. Fikriye: The Former Consort Comes Back
26. Kick-starting the Economy
27. Autumn Tour
28. Days of Opposition
29. Was It a Love Match?
30. Divorce
31. Reverberations
32. Separation
33. Tears in Mustafa Kemal's Blue Eyes
34. Latife Supports the Second Party
35. A Unique Surname from Atatürk
36. The Campaign of Vilification
37. Latife Hides Her Illness
38. Guarding the History of the Republic in Her Safe
    Appendix I: Two Obituaries in the Foreign Press
    Appendix II: An Obituary in the Turkish Press
    Biographical Notes
    Acknowledgements
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index