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The Memoirs of Halıde edıb (1884-1964): The Public Persona and the Personal Narrative1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Anat Lapidot-Firilla
Anat Lapidot-Firilla*
Affiliation:
Department of History of the Middle East and Africa, Tel Aviv University
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On 23 May 1919, a large crowd gathered in Sultan Ahmet Square in the center of Istanbul. Facing them was one of the most famous female figures of modern Turkish history. Since that day, the gathering has come to symbolize the call by the masses for change in the structure of authority and their protest against the 15 May occupation of Izmir by Greek expeditionary forces. Not only has this gathering taken on a mythical aura, but so has the image of Halide Edib, the woman who faced the crowd that day.

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 21 , Fall 1999 , pp. 61 - 77
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 1999

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I would like to thank Leslie Peirce, Ruth Roded, Ruth Barzilay-Lumbroza, and Nomi Heger for their valuable comments.

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