Writer (b. 1906,
Thessalonica – d. 1999, İstanbul). She traveled across different regions of the
Empire, because of her father's military office. She attended the College de
France and graduated from the School of Eastern Languages (France). She learned
Arabian and Persian. She attended the lectures on Sufism by the orientalist
Massignon. She wrote columns and serialized novels for the newspapers Yeni
İstanbul, Sabah and Yeni Asya. Her familiarity of both the Eastern
and Western cultures in addition to her juvenile years spent at the palace
provided her with a deep knowledge. Due to her contributions to Turkish
science, cultural and artistic life, she shared the award of Writers Union of
Turkey in 1984 with Fevziye Abdullah Tansel. She was primarily famous for her
novels and memoirs.
WORKS:
NOVEL: Pertev
Bey’in Üç Kızı (Three Daughters of Pertev Bey, 1968), Pertev Bey’in İki
Kızı (Two Daughters of Pertev Bey, 1969), Pertev Bey’in Torunları
(Grand Children of Pertev Bey, 1969), Pertev Bey, Üç Kızı, İki Kızı,
Torunları (Pertev Bey, His Three Daughters, His Two Daughters, His Grand
Children, three novels published in a volume, 2002).
RESEARCH: Ondokuzuncu Asır ve Kıbrıs
Fetvası (Nineteenth Century and Cyprus Fatwa, 1971), Gizli Cemiyetler (Secret
Associations, 1992), Teşrinisani ve Ötesi (October and the Beyond,
2002), Geniş Ufuklara ve Yabancı İklimlere Doğru (Towards Wider Horizons
and Foreign Seasons, chronological history, 2003), Rumeli ve Muhteşem
İstanbul (Rumeli and Magnificient İstanbul, 2003).
MEMOIR: İşittiklerim Gördüklerim
Bildiklerim (What I Heard, Saw and Know, 1973), Dersaadet (Gate of
Happiness, 1975), Vaniköy’ünde Fazıl Paşa Yalısı (The Waterside
Residance of Fazıl Paşa in Vaniköy), Hatırlayabildiklerim (What I Can
Remember).
ESSAY: Edeb Yâhû (Please, a Little Shame!, 1984).
