Nezihe Muhiddin

Nezihe Muhiddin
Personal details
Born1889
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died10 February 1958(1958-02-10) (aged 68–69)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
OccupationActivist, journalist, writer

Nezihe Muhiddin Tepedelengil (1889 – 10 February 1958[1]) was a Turkish women's rights activist, suffragette, journalist, writer and political leader.

In the 20th century Ottoman Empire, Nezihe Muhiddin was a pioneer of the women's movement who fought to ensure the recognition of women's political rights after declaration of republican regime. She became one of leading names of the First Wave Republican feminists.[2] Even before the establishment of the Republican People's Party, Nezihe Muhiddin completed the formation of Women's People's Party (KHF) in 1923[2] and became the founder of the first political party in Turkey. She also served  as a president of the Women's Union between 1924 and 1927[2] and helped the founding process of the journal named Turk Kadin Yolu.

She is a writer who has written 20 novels, 300 stories, playings, screenplays, operettas.

  1. ^ Tarihçe/Tüzük in website of Türk Kadınlar Birliği. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ a b c Erkmen Güngördü, Sedef (2019). "NEZİHE MUHİDDİN AND HER IDEAL". Third Sector Social Economic Review. 54: 1496–1510. doi:10.15659/3.sektor-sosyal-ekonomi.19.09.1169. S2CID 239390581.