Fatma Aliye Topuz
Turkish writer and self-described feminist
- Lived
- 1862–1936
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
Updated September 2026
About Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fatma Aliye Topuz, often known simply as Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian. Although there was an earlier published novel by the Turkish female author Zafer Hanım in 1877, since that one remained her only novel, Fatma Aliye Hanım with her five novels is credited by literary circles as the first female novelist in Turkish literature and the Islamic world.
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