The Unveiled Ladies of Istanbul (Stamboul) New Introduction by Yiorgos Kalogeras

The Unveiled Ladies of Istanbul (Stamboul) is a picturesque description of women's life in post-World War I Turkey during a period of social and political turmoil. Here Demetra Vaka (1877-1946), an expatriate of Ottoman Turkey, established American journalist and acquaintance of Prince Sabaheddin, returns to her native Istanbul after a 20-year absence. Describing women's lives in post-World War I Turkey, she reports on the successful project of female emancipation pursued by Mustafa Kemal as part of the nationalist agenda. Noting how much this project had benefited upper- and middle-class Turkish women, Vaka nonetheless regrets that the gradual emergence of the monocultural, modern Republic was bringing an end to the multiethnic character of the Ottoman State.Vaka Brown, Demetra is the author of 'The Unveiled Ladies of Istanbul (Stamboul) New Introduction by Yiorgos Kalogeras', published 2006 under ISBN 9781593332174 and ISBN 1593332173.