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Latife Hanım (1923)
Latife is a Turkish feminine given name derived from the name Latifa. Notable people with the name include: * Latife Tekin (born 1957), Turkish writer * Latife Uşaki Latife Uşaklıgil (born Fatıma-tüz Zehra Latife Uşakîzâde; with the honorifics, Latife Hanım) (17 June 1898 – 12 July 1975) was Mustafa Kemal's (later Atatürk) wife between 1923 and 1925. She was related from her father's side to Turk ... (1898–1975), wife of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk {{given name Turkish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested the European Union to add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state. Turkish is the 13th most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a Latin alphabet. The distinctive characteristics of the Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latifa
Latifa or Lateefa is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif. Notable persons Lateefa * Lateefa Al Gaood, Bahraini politician * Lateefah Simon, American activist Latifa * Latifa (singer), or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer * Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt, Egyptian princess * Latifa Baka, Moroccan author * Latifa Elouadrhiri, Moroccan physicist * Lalla Latifa Hammou, widow of king Hassan II * Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, UAE princess * Latifa Ben Mansour, Algerian writer and linguist * Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal * Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud, Saudi royal * Latifa al-Zayyat, Egyptian activist and writer Latifah * Queen Latifah Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album '' All Hail the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latife Tekin
Latife Tekin (born 1957) is one of the most influential Turkish female authors. Biography She was born in 1957 in the village of Karacahevenk, in the Bünyan district of Kayseri. She came to Istanbul with her family in 1966 when she was 9 years old. She completed her secondary education at Beşiktaş Girls' High School. She worked for a short time in Istanbul Telephone General Directorate. Her first book "Sevgili Arsız Ölüm" was published in 1983. She gained great fame with her first novel, which tells about village life and people in Anatolia in a fairy-tale atmosphere and with the taste of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez). After this novel, which was also attributed to the magical realism movement, other novels followed one after another. Her works have been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Persian and Dutch. She became one of the leading names of the writers of her generation with her different style and approach. Latife Tekin start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latife Uşaki
Latife Uşaklıgil (born Fatıma-tüz Zehra Latife Uşakîzâde; with the honorifics, Latife Hanım) (17 June 1898 – 12 July 1975) was Mustafa Kemal's (later Atatürk) wife between 1923 and 1925. She was related from her father's side to Turkish novelist Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil. Biography Lâtife Hanım was born in 1898 in Smyrna (now known in English as İzmir) to one of the most prominent trading families of the city, with roots in the city of Uşak, whence their unofficial family name of ''Uşakizâde''. She completed her high school studies in Smyrna and in 1919 she went abroad to study Law in Paris and London. When she came back to Turkey, the Turkish War of Independence was nearing its end. On 11 September 1922, upon returning to her family mansion in Smyrna, she was confronted by soldiers who notified her that the Pasha had taken the house as General Headquarters in Smyrna. After convincing the soldiers that she actually belonged to the household, she was allowed in. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
