My mother Belkis

The story of his mother, written by Gündüz Vassaf. The life of an orphan Rumelian girl, which begins on the borders of the Ottoman Empire, introduces us to many forgotten details of daily life and welcomes us to unknown houses. The place of women in society in the light of a striking life spanning nearly a century in the Ottoman Empire, Republican Turkey and the USA.

The daily life of a religious family in the Balkans in the last years of the empire before the Turkish massacre, Anatolia under the Greek occupation, the years of a young woman living alone in Istanbul, and the philosophy student at Darülfünun after Robert College come to life one by one in the memories of Belkis Halim. We also encounter the bittersweet adventures of getting used to the Young Republic. In the book, the ham revolution at Çamlıca Girls' School, flirtatious Quran readers, plane tours with boys and girls in the skies of Istanbul, and of course our secret police who are always present. II. The half-century-long work of this single woman, who studied among men at Harvard among men at Harvard during the World War, as a psychologist in America's mental hospitals... The "principle" of American soldiers in Ankara during the Cold War years, and the exemplary adventures of Turkish communists in Moscow.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Print Year: 2004

Number of Pages: 344

Number of Printings: 12th Edition

Size: 13 x 19.5

Media Type: Paperback