Autograph notes prepared for Behçet Kemal Çaglar's radio conference by Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, titled "Urfa".

Autograph notes prepared for Behçet Kemal Çaglar's radio conference by Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, titled "Urfa".

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HALIDE NUSRET ZORLUTUNA, (Turkish female poet), (1901-1984).

Manuscript Notes., [ca. 1950], Ankara.

Original manuscript autograph 7-paged notes by Turkish poetess Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984). 28x11 cm. Some pages different sizes. 7 p. In Ottoman script entirely. It starts as 'Azîz dinleyicilerim!', and she asks the listeners 'do you like Urfa?'. A sketch and a draft text of an enthusiastic and nationalist speech on Urfa prepared for Behçet Kemal Çaglar's radio program. Zorlutuna was a Turkish female poet. She is referred to as "the mother of women writers". She has syllabic poems and novels written in basic spoken Turkish. She is the mother of novelist Emine Isinsu, elder sister of writer Ismet Kür (1916-2013), and aunt of writer Pinar Kür.