An Englishwoman in Angora

A partisan but fascinating 1923 account of Grace Ellison's visit to Angora (Ankara), the new capital of the Turkish Republic.

Grace Ellison (Author)

9781108074216, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 April 2014

378 pages, 14 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.55 kg

Grace Ellison (d.1935) was a journalist with an enthusiasm for Turkish culture. She had previously published works on life in a liberal Turkish family, and on the experiences of two modern Turkish women in Europe, which have also been reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. In this 1923 book, she recounts what she found on revisiting Turkey in the aftermath of the First World War and the war between Turkey and Greece which had arisen after the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire. Passionately pro-Turk, Ellison was dismayed at the peace treaties' punitive effect on Turkey. This work describes a journey via Athens (filled with destitute refugees) and devastated Smyrna to Angora (Ankara), the small town which was the new capital of the Turkish Republic, where she had several meetings with Mustafa Kemal, the reforming president. This is a partisan but fascinating view of the birth of modern Turkey.

Foreword
1. On board the Pierre Loti
2. Turkey and tolerance
3. Malta
4. Athens
5. Smyrna
6. British chivalry
7. Smyrna (cont.)
8. Emotions and impressions
9. More impressions
10. A journey on foot
11. A public meeting at Ouchak
12. A luggage train
13. A third-class compartment
14. In the 'train de luxe'
15. Angora I
16. Angora II
17. Angora III
18. The Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha
19. An interview with the Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha
20. Mustapha Kemal Pasha
21. A Turkish cabinet
22. Turkish cabinet
23. The foreign colony in Angora
24. Halide Edib Hanoum, author and patriot
25. Hospitals
26. Last days in Angora
27. Rome, the eternal city
28. Three diplomats at Rome
29. En route for Constantinople
30. From Bilidjik to Broussa by yaili
31. A few days in Broussa
32. Constantinople no longer the capital
33. Lausanne Palace hotel
34. Turkey and the League of Nations
35. The future
Index.

Subject Areas: Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]