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Vaka, Demetra
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The unveiled ladies of Stamboul
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1923
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1923
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, 2 l., 3-260, [1]
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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. (From: NA, Google Book Search, Summary)
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by Demetra Vaka (Mrs. Kenneth-Brown)
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Houghton Mifflin, company
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Boston and New York