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Ayşe Önal
Ayşe Önal (born 1955) is a Turkish journalist and writer. A former editor of ''Nokta'', in 2000 she moved to London and became foreign correspondent for Kanal 7, before moving to ''Akşam'' and Show TV in 2003. Her best known book is ''Honour Killing: Stories of Men Who Killed'' (2004, Turkish, 2008 English).International Women's Media FoundationFifteen Years of Courage: Ayse Onal Career Önal worked as a psychological counselor at a juvenile prison in the early 1980s, but was fired when the government found out she was "kind of a leftist". She joined the weekly ''Nokta'' in 1984 as a political reporter,womensenews.org 18 May 2009Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish 'Honor' Killers/ref> and became its editor-in-chief. In this position she was attacked with a firearm in February 1994, together with a ''Nokta'' correspondent. Onal graduated with a degree in Psychology in 1978, and worked for treatment of condemned children in prison for three years. After being forced to leave due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Women Writers
Turkish women writers refers to Turkish women contributors to Turkish literature. The area is parallel to Women's writing in English. Pioneers During the Ottoman era, there were only a few woman poets and novelists. Professor Nazan Bekiroğlu gives the priority to two woman poets; Zeynep Hatun and Mihri Hatun who lived in the 15th century. But probably the best known woman poet was Fitnat Hanım of the 18th century. The first Ottoman novelists were Zafer Hanım who was the first author of a novel published in 1877 and Fatma Aliye who is considered by many as the first Turkish female novelist. ( ''Hatun'' and ''Hanım'' are titles equivalent to "lady"). Fatma Aliye's sister Emine Semiye Önasya was also a novelist and textbook author. Early Republican era The number of women poets and novelists increased sharply during the Turkish Republic (after 1923). The first novelists during the Republican era were Azmiye Hami Güven, author of a novel, ''Hemșire Nimet'' (Nimet, the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |