death_date death_place pseudonym birth_place subject imagesize nationality notableworks relatives birth_date period image article_title name occupation
13 july 1936 istanbul , turkey bir -lrb- translator of meram -rrb- hanım -lrb- a lady -rrb- , mütercime-i meram istanbul , ottoman empire women 's rights 150px turkish '' '' -lrb- 1899 -rrb- muhazarat '' -lrb- 1892 -rrb- , '' udi ahmet sister -rrb- cevdet pasha -lrb- father -rrb- emine semiye -lrb- 9 october 1862 1889 -- 1915 fatma aliye topuz.jpg fatma aliye topuz
 fatma aliye topuz novelist , columnist , essayist
fatma aliye topuz

fatma aliye topuz -lrb- 9 october 1862 -- 13 july 1936 -rrb- , often known simply as fatma aliye or fatma aliye hanım , was a turkish novelist , columnist , essayist , women 's rights activist and humanitarian .
although there was an earlier published novel by the turkish female author zafer hanım in 1877 , since that one remained her only novel , fatma aliye hanım with her five novels is credited by literary circles as the first female novelist in turkish literature and the islamic world .
