Halide Edib Adıvar

Halide Edib was born in Istanbul, on 11 June 1884 (in 1883 according to Britannica). A graduate in 1901 of the American college for girls, she taught, then became in 1918 a lecturer in literature at Istanbul. In 1919, she spoke at the Sultanahmet rallies, then joined the resistance in Anatolia, where she was made corporal and then sergeant. Outside Turkey from 1925 or 1926 to 1939, she lectured in Europe, the United States and India. Professor of English literature on her return, deputy for İzmir from 1950 to 1954, she died in Istanbul on 9 January 1964.

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• NovelYeni TuranHalide Edib Adıvar · 1913not translated into EnglishLiterature