death_date children nationality birth_date education organization alma_mater death_place honorific_suffix spouse image name occupation caption birth_place parents known_for article_title birth_name
08 june 1985 arı -lrb- daughter -rrb- , demir -lrb- son -rrb- turkish november 29 , 1908 history , sociology university of ankara university of geneva , switzerland ankara , turkey prof. dr. dr. rıfat İnan ataturkwithafetinan.jpg afet İnan academic afet İnan with mustafa kemal atatürk selanik , salonica vilayet , ottoman empire İsmail mother -rrb- hakkı uzmay -lrb- father -rrb- , Şehzane -lrb- adopted daughter of mustafa kemal atatürk afet İnan
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afet İnan

ayşe afet İnan -lrb- 29 november 1908 -- june 8 , 1985 -rrb- was a turkish historian and sociologist .
she was one of the adopted daughters of mustafa kemal atatürk .
afet İnan was born to ismail hakki bey -lrb- '' İsmail hakkı uzmay '' -rrb- and '' Şehzane hanım '' from doyran -lrb- present day dojran -rrb- , in 1908 in the district of kesendire -lrb- polyoroz , present day kassandra -rrb- in salonica vilayet .
she and her family emigrated to adapazarı because of the balkan wars .
she started primary school in adapazarı on march 4 , 1913 .
and then they moved to ankara , mihalıççık , karaoğlan , biga .
her mother Şehzane died of tuberculosis on may 15 , 1915 .
since her father married a young girl , ayşe afet decided to become a teacher to earn by herself .
when they lived in biga , her younger sister nezihe was born to her father ismail hakki and his second wife .
in 1920 , she finished the six-years primary education .
in 1921 , they settled to alanya .
in 1922 , she got a teaching qualification in elmalı and was assigned as headteacher to elmalı girls ' school .
she graduated from the bursa teachers college for girls in 1925 , and started to work as a primary school teacher in izmir .
she met mustafa kemal atatürk the same year in october during his visit to izmir .
afet was sent in 1925 by atatürk to lausanne , switzerland , to learn french .
after returning to turkey in 1927 , she attended the french lycée notre dame de sion istanbul .
finishing the school , she was appointed as a secondary school teacher for history .
in 1935 , afet İnan went to switzerland again and studied as a student of eugène pittard -lrb- fr . -rrb-
at the university of geneva between 1936 and 1938 .
after graduating , she obtained a phd degree in sociology in 1939 .
in 1950 , she became a professor at the university of ankara .
she was the co-founder and a leading member of the turkish historical society .
İnan died on june 8 , 1985 in ankara , leaving behind her husband dr. rıfat İnan , her daughter arı and her son demir .
the `` afet İnan historical studies award '' is given biennially by the turkish history foundation in cooperation with İnan 's family .
