Halide Edip Adıvar: A Pioneering Figure in Turkish Literature, Politics, and the National Movement
“I am a Turkish woman who loves her country and who has suffered for it.” These words, spoken by Halide Edip Adıvar, encapsulate the spirit of a woman who not only witnessed but actively shaped Turkey’s tumultuous journey from the twilight of the Ottoman Empire to the dawn of the modern Republic. Born in 1882…