Oral history interview with Ayşe Afet İnan, 1966

Biographical Note

Historian and sociologist, adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Scope and Contents

Family and childhood; chance meeting with Atatürk, Atatürk's past relationship with İnan family; Atatürk's offer to sponser İnan's education; history studies in Switzerland and Istanbul; Atatürk's mutual interest in field of history; Atatürk's History Thesis; development of controversial theories on history; interest in reforming Turkish language; İnan's participation in discussions at Atatürk's residence in Çankaya as part of his official family

Subjects

• Afetinan, A.--Interviews.
• Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938.
• Historians--Turkey--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Latimer, Frederick P., Jr., 1904-1998, interviewer.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Turkey--History--1918-1960.
• Turkey--Politics and government--1918-1960.