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...kept under surveillance by the Greeks, who believed her to be a spy. When, in the summer of 1922, the Turks drove the Greeks into the sea and triumphantly entered Smyrna, Latife Hanoum, at the head of a group of Turkish maidens, first saw the manly form of "Ghazi" Mustafa Kemal Pasha, then about 41 years of age, to whom she offered buns, coffee and shelter under her father's roof...
Latife, brilliant and vivacious, intelligent and accomplished, naturally interested the grave Mustafa. She spoke 'fluently English, French and German, and had mastered the Turkish language, an uncommon achievement for a modern Turkish woman. Moreover, she profoundly believed in the enlightenment of her sex in Turkey. Her object was to bring Turkish women to the social and cultural level of Western women and, en route, to destroy traditions (many of which were not sanctioned by the Koran) which had for centuries bound women to men as slaves. Moreover, she was an heiress...
...these things inclined Mustafa Kemal's heart toward her and, as Latife Hanoum. subsequently said, their union was more a joining of minds than anything else. The man Mustafa used to talk about Turkey to the girl Latife in the shade of her father's house. He told her of all he hoped to accomplish for his native land and of the prejudices, born of ignorance, bred of superstition. that he meant to extirpate. The girl listened enthralled...
...heavy" by arranging a marriage dowry of a million Turkish pounds (then about $650,000). The marriage took place on Jan. 29, 1923. Latife was in the kitchen, so the story goes, superintending a feast being prepared in honor of the recapture of Smyrna. About 50 guests were present. Mustafa Kemal Pasha asked to see his fiancee. He suggested to her that they marry forthwith, to which proposal the girl readily assented after but a moment of blushing hesitation. A mufti was called in and speedily performed the ceremony...
Divorced. "Ghazi" Mustafa Kemal Pasha, President of the Turkish Republic, from his wife Latife Hanoum; at Angora. (See Page...