Latifé Uşaklıgil
Latifé Uşaklıgil (1898 - 1975) was the wife of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey.
It was born in 1898 with Izmir. It was member of a family of tradesmen of great fortune, Ussakizade (Uchakizadeh), of origin géorgienne. It accepted an education with Western, learned the French and was sent by its family in France to make there studies of Right to the Sorbonne, an exceptional case for Turkey of the time. It returned in 1921 to Izmir, then under Greek occupation . After the release of the city the September 9th 1922, it met Atatürk, and impressed it by its beauty, its intelligence and its education.
The mother of Mustafa Kemal, Zübeydé, opposed their marriage, but 13 days after the death of the latter, the marriage was celebrated (January 29th 1923).
Learning the news, Fikriyé, the amante of long time of Mustafa Kemal, committed suicide with Ankara.
Atatürk had the ambition to make of Latifé the symbol of the new Turkish woman, émancipée. She accompanied it everywhere during her official visits through the country.
Their marriage lasted little of time: the couple divorced in 1925, without to have had of child.
After the divorce, Latifé remained quiet. She moved on Istanbul and passed there all her life without giving only one interview to the journalists or writing her memories. Even its photographs of these times are rare.
With its death, the July 13rd 1975 at the 77 years age, the government decided to give him funeral of State.