Born in Istanbul in 1947, Ipek Çalislar is a journalist and writer. She has worked at the prestigious daily Cumhuriyet for twelve years and has served on the boards of KA-DER, the Association for the Support and Training of Women Candidates, and PEN Turkey. Çalislar was tried in Turkey for 'insulting the memory of Kemal Atatürk' with this biography but was later acquitted. Her first literary work, Madam Atatürk is a bestseller in Turkey and has been translated into eleven languages.

Introduction

Translator's Note

Glossary

1. Meeting

2. Latife's Family

3. The Occupation of Izmir, Latife's Hometown

4. Love Springs from the Ashes of the Great Fire

5. Mustafa Kemal Pasa Proposes

6. Waiting for the Wedding

7. Zübeyde Hanim, the Mother-in-Law

8. A Purebred Arabian as an Engagement Present

9. 'Get ready; we're getting married!'

10. Honeymoon

11. Arrival in Ankara, the Nationalist Base

12. The Bride Who Came to the Garrison

13. Latife Entertains the Foreign Press at Çankaya

14. Touring the Country Together

15. The 'Impertinent' Bride Who Wears Spurs

16. Bullet Holes in Latife's Clothes

17. Latife Wants to Stand for Parliament

18. Life at the Residence

19. The Proclamation of the Republic

20. The Groom Has a Heart Attack

21. Latife Shields Her Husband with Her Own Body

22. Latife Prepares the State Protocol

23. Women of the Time

24. The Women's Movement and Latife

25. Fikriye: The Former Consort Comes Back

26. Kick-starting the Economy

27. Autumn Tour

28. Days of Opposition

29. Was It a Love Match?

30. Divorce

31. Reverberations

32. Separation

33. Tears in Mustafa Kemal's Blue Eyes

34. Latife Supports the Second Party

35. A Unique Surname from Atatürk

36. The Campaign of Vilification

37. Latife Hides Her Illness

38. Guarding the History of the Republic in Her Safe

Appendix I: Two Obituaries in the Foreign Press

Appendix II: An Obituary in the Turkish Press

Biographical Notes

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Index