A Brief History of Turkish Feminism involves historical development of Turkish feminism from Tanzimat Reforms to the modern period in Turkish literature. The book starts with the definitions of 'feminism' and the historical traces on feminism in the Western culture and in Turkish culture. In the analysis part of the book, each chapter is designed to explain and reflect a Turkish female author: Emine Semiye Onasya, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Halide Edip Adıvar, Nezihe Muhittin, Nezihe Meric, Sevgi Soysal, Adalet Agaoglu, Erendiz Atasu, Tezer Ozlu , Leyla Erbil, Buket Uzuner, Ayse Kulin, Nazlı Eray and Inci Aral. The authors were intentionally chosen to reflect how feminism developed with Tanzimat reforms and throughout the Republican regime to the 21st century Turkish literary canon. This book reflects the feminist discourse in the fiction of the above-mentioned notable feminists ; Therefore, it is an exemplary of academic and personal views based on the concept of “feminism” in Turkish literature.

1. Turkish Literature. 2. Female Authors. 3. Feminism.