Nezihe Araz

Fatma Nezihe Araz (born May 11, 1920 in Konya , † July 25, 2009 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish writer and journalist. In addition to novels, poetry and non-fiction, she also wrote plays and screenplays.

Life

Araz was born into a wealthy family in 1920. Her father Rıfat Araz was director of Ziraat Bankası in Konya and later became a member of the Turkish National Assembly for Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi . Her mother Müzeyye was the father's second wife. Araz attended a girls' school in Ankara and enrolled in the department of psychology and philosophy at Ankara University in 1941 .

In her studies she was particularly influenced by the social psychologist Muzaffer Şerif and the sociologist Behice Boran . She was a passionate reader of the magazine Yurt ve Dünya published by the two professors . Later, Serif and Boran published Adımlar , which was affiliated with the communist party Türkiye Komünist Partisi . Araz became a volunteer for the magazine. Upon graduation, Araz became Boran's assistant. When Boran was expelled from the university in 1948 because of her political activities and lost the chair, Araz gave up her job and was brought to Istanbul by her family because they wanted to keep her away from communist circles.

The Araz family had always been religious and the father was close to the Sufi order of Ken'an Rifâî . From 1948 Nezihe Araz was also associated with the order and, after meeting members of the order, changed her plans to work as a scientist at the Istanbul University and do her doctorate. In 1950 she published her first book Benim Dünyam , a collection of poems. After Rifâî's death in 1951, she wrote the book Ken'an Rifai ve Yirminci Asrın Işığında Müslümanlık ( Ken'an Rıfai and Islam of the 20th Century ) with Samiha Ayverdi , Safiye Erol and Sofi Huri .

In 1952 she began working as a journalist for the magazine Resimli Hayat of Şevket Rado to write, and later for the magazine Hayat . The following year she published the book Fatih'in Deruni Tarihi , a biography of Mehmed II. In 1956, Araz began to write for the daily Havadis newspaper. Araz was sent to Mecca as a correspondent to write a series of reports and thus increase the circulation. One of the photos published with an article showed an Arab believer urinating against a wall. The photo aroused the anger of the visiting Iraqi King Faisal II and Araz was released.

Araz worked for Yeni Sabah between 1957 and 1963 . In 1959 she wrote the book Anadolu Evliyaları and traced the lives of 50 saints from Anatolia . It became a bestseller. In the 1950s and 1960s she wrote other books on religious topics and worked as a columnist for Yeni Istanbul , Milliyet and Güneş .

In 1973 Araz wrote his first shorter television plays. The films showed men and women with very different biographies in their everyday lives. The roles of Yıldız Kenter and Şükran Güngör were played . The plays were dramas and primarily addressed problems of women in Turkish society, conflicts between spouses and generation problems. Emotional dialogues alternated with humorous conversations. Her first long play was Bozkır Güzellemesi , which was performed by Turkish state theaters in 1974/75, as well as later plays, including Öyle bir Nevcican (1979), Alaca Karanlık (1981), İmparatorun İki Oğlu (1983), Ballar Balını Buldum and Savaş Yorgunu Kadınlar . In 1987 she wrote Afife Jale about the life of the first Turkish actress Afife Jale . For this she received the theater prize from the Turkish Ministry of Culture. She also won the Afife Jale Theater Prize and the Avni Dilligil Theater Prize for her work.

In 1984 she developed a television show for women ( Hanımlar Sizin İçin ) for the Turkish TV station TRT , which she also moderated. During this time she wrote the screenplay for the film İhtiras Fırtınası .

In 1993 she published Mustafa Kemal'le 1000 Gün and described the relationship between Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Latife Uşşaki . She wrote other books about Ataturk with Mustafa Kemal'in Ankara'sı , Mustafa Kemal'in Devlet Paşası and Bir Zamanlar O da Çocuktu: Adı Mustafa .

In 2003 she received the Burhan Felek Media Prize for her life's work as a journalist.

Araz spent her final years in a retirement home due to Alzheimer's disease . She died in 2009.

reception

In 2012 the documentary Beyond Words was made about the life of Araz. The director was Araz's niece Jeyda Elsasser .

Works

Poetry

• Benim Dunyam . 1950
• Yalnız Ağaç

novel

• Kervankıran

Non-fiction

• with Samiha Ayverdi , Safiye Erol and Sofi Huri : Ken'an Rifai ve Yirminci Asrın Işığında Müslümanlık
• Fatih Sultan Mehmet . 1953
• Anadolu Evliyaları . 1959
• Hazreti Muhammed . 1960
• Mustafa Kemal'le 1000 Gün .
• Dertli Dolap . 1961
• 28 Peygamber . 1963
• Mustafa Kemal'in Ankara'sı
• Mustafa Kemal'in Devlet Paşası
• Bir Zamanlar O da Çocuktu: Adı Mustafa
• Aşk Peygamberi
• Kırk Pencereli Konak
• Anadolu'nun Kadın Erenleri

Plays

• Hayattan Yapraklar
• Sihirli Fındıklar (for children)
• Bozkır Güzellemesi
• Oyle Bir Nevcivan
• Alacakaranlık
• Ateş Hattında Bir Kadın
• Kuvay - i Milliye Kadınları
• Savaş Yorgunu Kadınlar ( The Tired Women of War . Ministry of Culture, Ankara 1993)
• İmparatorun İki Oğlu
• Dülger Balığı
• Akıllı Tavşan Ve Güçlü Aslan (for children)
• Afife Jale
• Cahide
• Kerem ile Aslı
• Hoşgör
• Ballar Balını Buldum
• Kutlu Melek
• Nakşıdil Sultan
• Uzun Bir Gün
• Yarım Kalan Masal
• Saat Dokuz Sıfır Beş

Scripts

• O Kadın
• Ekmek Kavgası
• İhtiras Fırtınası
• Afife Jale
• Hanım
• Bir Kırmızı Gül

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Solculuktan sufiliğe: Nezihe Araz , Hürriyet , August 1, 2009
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} (Fatma) Nezihe Araz , Women Writers of Turkey
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Araz (Nezihe) . In: Büyük Larousse Sözlük ve Ansiklopedisi , Volume 2, Milliyet Gazetesi Yayınları, p. 762
4. ↑ Sevda Şener: Cumhuriyet Dönemi Kadın Oyun Yazarları , Journal of Theatrical Research, 1973, No. 4, p. 43 (PDF)
5. ↑ Yazar Nezihe Araz öldü , Sabah , 26 July 2009
6. ↑ Araz yasama veda etti , Hurriyet , July 25th 2009