Halide Nusret Zorlutuna
Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901 – 10 June 1984) was a Turkish poet and novelist. Biography. Zorlutuna was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire as the daughter of Mehmet Selim Bey, a journalist and political prisoner. Brought up in exile with her father, she later married and travelled with an army officer. A teacher of Turkish literature in schools, she took part in movements for the rights of women and children. Her sister İsmet Kür (1916–2013) was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature. Her niece Pınar Kür (born 1943) is a journalist. Halide Nusret Zorlutuna