Madam Atatürk

Introduction
Translator’s Note
Glossary
1. Meeting
2. Latife’s Family
3. The Occupation of Izmir, Latife’s Hometown
4. Love Springs from the Ashes of the Great Fire
5. Mustafa Kemal Paşa Proposes
6. Waiting for the Wedding
7. Zübeyde Hanım, the Mother-in-Law
8. A Purebred Arabian as an Engagement Present
9. ‘Get ready; we’re getting married!’
10. Honeymoon
11. Arrival in Ankara, the Nationalist Base
12. The Bride Who Came to the Garrison
13. Latife Entertains the Foreign Press at Çankaya
14. Touring the Country Together
15. The ‘Impertinent’ Bride Who Wears Spurs
16. Bullet Holes in Latife’s Clothes
17. Latife Wants to Stand for Parliament
18. Life at the Residence
19. The Proclamation of the Republic
20. The Groom Has a Heart Attack
21. Latife Shields Her Husband with Her Own Body
22. Latife Prepares the State Protocol
23. Women of the Time
24. The Women’s Movement and Latife
25. Fikriye: The Former Consort Comes Back
26. Kick-starting the Economy
27. Autumn Tour
28. Days of Opposition
29. Was It a Love Match?
30. Divorce
31. Reverberations
32. Separation
33. Tears in Mustafa Kemal’s Blue Eyes
34. Latife Supports the Second Party
35. A Unique Surname from Atatürk
36. The Campaign of Vilification
37. Latife Hides Her Illness
38. Guarding the History of the Republic in Her Safe
Appendix I: Two Obituaries in the Foreign Press
Appendix II: An Obituary in the Turkish Press
Biographical Notes
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index