Ypek Calyplar

Madam Ataturk (eBook, ePUB)

The First Lady of Modern Turkey

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Produktbeschreibung

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is hailed as one of the most charismatic political leaders of the twentieth century, but little is known today about his one and only wife, Latife Hanim. A multilingual intellectual educated at the Sorbonne, Latife’s marriage to Atatürk in 1923 set her apart from her contemporaries, raising her to the pinnacle of political power. She played a central role in the creation of a modern and secular Turkey and campaigned tirelessly for women’s right to vote. Throughout her marriage, Latife stood beside her husband and acted as his interpreter, promoter and diplomatic aide. She even twice risked her own life to save his. However, after only two years of marriage, Atatürk divorced Latife and she soon disappeared from public life. She was shunned, blamed for the failure of the marriage and portrayed as a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome woman who had strained Atatürk’s nerves. Latife spent the rest of her life in seclusion. In the first biography to be written on Latife Hanim, Ipek Çalislar recounts the life of an exceptional and courageous woman, well ahead of her time, who lived through a remarkable period in Turkish history. 'Rich, surprising and profound’ Orhan Pamuk 'A daring biography’ Independent 'A unique account of the life and times of an exceptional woman’ Moris Farhi, author of Young Turk

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780863568473
• Artikelnr.: 39942402

Autorenporträt

Born in Istanbul in 1947, Ypek Calyplar is an accomplished journalist and writer. She has worked at the prestigious daily Cumhuriyet for twelve years, first as news editor, and then, as the Sunday supplement editor. Calyplar was tried but then acquitted in Turkey for "insulting the memory of Kemal Ataturk" in this biography. She lives in Istanbul. Feyza Howell's other translations include Fiasco by Copkun Buktel, The Book of Madness by Levent Penyurek and The Concubine by Gul Yrepoolu. She lives in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Translator's Notes
List of Illustrations
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 She 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 Opposition 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
Appendices:
I Obituaries in the Foreign Press
II Obituary by Burhan Felek
Biographical Notes
Bibliography
Index