{"product_id":"9780863568428","title":"Madam Ataturk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sumptuous, surprising, and profound.\"—Orhan Pamuk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMustafa Kemal Atatürk is hailed as one of the most charismatic political leaders of the twentieth century, but little is known today about his one and only wife, Latife Hanim. A multilingual intellectual who read law at the Sorbonne, she was a suffragist who closely followed women's movements around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer marriage set her apart from her contemporaries, raising her to the pinnacle of political power, truly able to work for the betterment of the women of Turkey. But just after two and a half years, Atatürk divorced her and Hanim was forgotten and maligned. Public opinion became dominated by the image of a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome woman who strained Atatürk's nerves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first biography to be written on Latife Hanim, Ipek Çalislar reveals an astonishing woman, ahead of her time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eIpek Çalislar\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and writer. She has worked for the Turkish daily \u003ci\u003eCumhuriyet\u003c\/i\u003e for twelve years, as news editor and later as the Sunday supplement editor. An international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eMadam Atatürk\u003c\/i\u003e is her first literary work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeyza Howell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1957 in Izmur, Turkey. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eFiasco\u003c\/i\u003e by Coskun Büktel, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e by Levent Senyürek, and \u003ci\u003eThe Concubine\u003c\/i\u003e by Gül Irepolgu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008487932144,"sku":"9780863568428","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780863568428_p0.jpg?v=1763834963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780863568428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}