PIONEERING WOMEN WRITERS OF İZMİR
Project no. 22301 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2020
Summary
Periodicals published in both Ottoman and Republican eras constitute an important field of research which requires serious studies within the context of women. Ömer Faruk Huyugüzel, who is known for important researches about journalistic history, intellectuals and artists of İzmir, published a book titled İzmir Fikir ve Sanat Adamları 1850-1950. This book consists of two hundred and sixty writers’ biographies and has a great importance for introducing intellectuals and artists of İzmir to public. The first women writers of İzmir are also included in this book, which is mostly based on periodicals published in old writing. Findings of Huyugüzel, reveals that the first Turkish women writers of İzmir were two sisters, Naciye and Makbule, who were members of a deep-rooted and rich family, Evliyazades. Naciye Hanım's first detectable articles were published in a section prepared for women in the weekly İzmir newspaper published by one of the well-known writers of İzmir, Bıçakçızade Hakkı, in 1906. In this article, Naciye Hanım is presented as a female editor-in-chief for the first time. Hatice Baise Hanım, Cevriye İsmail, Hasene Nalan, Benal Nevzat Arıman, Rebia Arif, Hadiye Hümeyra are the other women writers from İzmir that are mentioned in this book. With their literary activities and articles on women's rights, women's place in society, and women's education, these names attracted public’s attention and also became active members of many social associations and took an important role in social and political life. In this project, the women writers were examined in detail, and the data about their lives and works were brought together through document analysis. Content analyzes of the identified works were made. In this way, the first Turkish women writers of Izmir were presented in detail for the first time.