Writer (b.
1919, Trabzon – d. 1990, Ankara). She completed her primary and
elementary education in Ordu and graduated from İstanbul Kandilli
High School for Girls and Ankara University,
Department of Middle Age Turk-Islam History. She became an assistant (1953),
doctor (1957), associate professor (1965) and professor at Ankara University,
Faculty of Theology. She was elected as a senator with the post of president
and served in the Turkish Senate (1971) for six years. She was one of the founders
of the Populist Party after 12 September 1980 and was elected as the Ordu
parliamentary deputy at the 1983 elections. Afterwards she participated in
uniting the Populist Party and the Social Democratic Party and was elected to
the Social Democratic Populist Party parliament. She was killed by unidentified
persons in 1990. Her murderers have never been found.
WORKS:
İslâm'dan Dönenler ve İlk Yalancı Peygamber (Those That
Convert From Islam and the First False Prophet), İslâm Devletlerinde Kadın Hükümdarlar (Female Sultans in Islamic
States), İslâm Tarihi (Islam History), Emeviler ve Abbasiler (Umayyads and
Abbasids), Atatürk'ün İzinde Bir Arpa
Boyu (A Short Distance in the Footsteps of Atatürk)
REFERENCE: “Üçok, Bahriye” (Büyük Larousse Sözlük çe Ansiklopedisi / Milliyet-Cilt 23, 1986), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), TBMM Albümü 3. Cilt 1983-2010 (2010).
