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We bring to the present day the stories of brave Turkish women who have achieved the impossible and the beginnings with their names, their works, their deeds, and their lives, in the light of the 100th anniversary of our Republic.
As the first female engraving artist and painter, Berger began to survive a difficult period of her life, making her the first woman engraver in Türkiye. She opened his first exhibition in 1951. She won first place in an international painting competition in 1954 with his oil painting "Rise of the Sun".
At the age of 14, Inan was appointed chief teacher at the Elmalı All Girls' School and contributed to the new Türkiye with her studies in history and anthropology. At the request of Atatürk, she wrote the book Vatandaş İçin Medeni Bilgiler (Civilian Information for Citizens). In 1950, she became the first woman to become a professor of history.
Muvahhit, who was offered a role by Muhsin Ertuğrul in the movie Ateşten Gömlek, became one of the first female film actresses. On August 11, 1923, when Dârülbedayi's artists asked why Atatürk was not included in his play on the Izmir tour, Bedia Muvahhit was prepared for the play called Penal Code in one day, thus becoming the first Muslim woman who took the stage in the Republic of Türkiye.
After graduating from the University of Istanbul's Department of Physics, Özdoğan conducted research at the Sorbonne University's optical laboratory in 1952. She continued her studies at the University of Istanbul and became a pioneer in the establishment of the modern education system.
Noted by Muhsin Ertuğrul in the City Theatres, Sonku starred in Türkiye's first village film. Thus, she became Turkey's first female star. When the director of the movie "Fedakar Ana" in which,she played sick, she went behind the camera to complete the movie. She became the first female director in the history of Turkish cinema history.
After graduating from the Faculty of Mathematics at Istanbul University, Eryurt continued her studies abroad, In 1961, she started to work at Goddard Space Research Institute of NASA and became the first Turkish woman working at NASA! Her studies here revealed that the sun was brighter at first than thought, and its temperature slowly decreased...
Workmen, who studied at the Ankara Higher Education Institute, became Türkiye's first female agricultural engineer after graduating. Between 1956 and 1958, she completed his PhD in Canada, where she worked as Chief of the Plant Virology Laboratory Manager, and her discovery of a new variation of the fungus became known in the literature.
When she marrief Kılıç Ali, one of the Atatürk’s comrades-in arms, Koral organized dinner parties for Atatürk and other politicians, artists, and literary figures. In 1947, she went to Switzerland to receive treatment for tuberculosis. She started to work with ceramic to keep her occupied there but soon realized that this was her mission in life. With her exhibition in Istanbul in 1951, she became Türkiye's first female ceramic artist.
Türkiye's first female car racer, Morkaya, was also the first woman to be a champion in motor races in which she participated. He continues to empower Turkish women with her leadership in motor racing...
Çambel who is the first female archaeologist and the first female athlete to participate in the Olympics represented Türkiye in fencing at Atatürk’s request. She studied archaeology at the Paris Sorbonne University and received a doctorate from the University of Istanbul. She made important contributions in the field of archaeology and led to the establishment of Karatepe -Aslantaş National Park, which was the first outdoor museum of Türkiye..
One of the first two girls to graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts Architecture Branch, Tomsu was recognized in 1941 as the first female assistant to the Istanbul Technical University Architectural Branch. She has done scientific research abroad and has signed many important works throughout his life...
Gökdoğan, who graduated from Erenköy All Girls' High School and was sent abroad for mathematics-physics education with a state scholarship, was the first Turkish to be appointed as associate professor at the Institute of Astronomy at the Faculty of Science at the University of Istanbul in 1934. In 1954, she was elected dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Istanbul, becoming the first female dean in Türkiye.
Hisar was one of three female student who enrolled in the department of chemistry in Darülfünun, went to Paris in late 1923 to study chemistry. In 1933, she became the first Turkish woman to receive a doctorate from the University of the Sorbonne. In 1955, Türkiye's first female chemist, Hisar, was the first Turkish woman to be awarded an Officiel d'Academie by the Government of France.
Atatürk's spiritual daughter Gökçen enrolled in the first female student in the first civilian aviation school, Türkkuşu, in 1935-1937. She graduated as a military pilot and won the title of the world's first female war pilot...
Graduating as one of two college students at the Engineering School, Gürayman became the first female athlete on the Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball Team in 1928. When she won the Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball Team in 1929, Sabiha was the team's captain. Between 1945 and 1953, she was appointed as the Supervising Engineer of Anıtkabir (Atatürk’s Mausoleum) and that was the most important mission of her life.
Being the first female sculptor, she became the first girl student to receive a sculpture education at Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi (School of Fine Arts), and she became Türkiye's first woman sculpture, completing her primary degree. Her signature was also on the statues of many important symbols, including the Statues of Atatürk and Inönü.
Aydemir, one of the first female students to apply to the Deparment of Veterinary Medicine in Higher Agricultural, which opened in Ankara, became the first woman veterinarian to work in the sector as a bacteriology specialist after her graduation. Sabire Aydemir was given the First Female Veterinarian Award by the TBMM during the 50th anniversary of the day Turkish women earned the right to elect and be elected.
Soysal's career as a mathematician was shaped by lectures from the prominent mathematicians Cahit Arf, Kerim Erim, and Ratip Berker. In 1967, she became the first female professor of mathematics.
She played a part in the first Turkish Picture, Streets of Istanbul and she played the role Ayşim and was recognized as the first female opera artist. She retired from the State Opera and Ballet in 1972 but she never stopped painting, producing countless works..
Ağaoğlu applied to the Department of Law in Istanbul University. However women were not allowed to study law in those years so her application was rejected. Ağaoğlu rejected this decision and convincing 3 of her girlfriends to study law, she made the management change their decision. In 1928, she obtained a freelance license, becoming the first woman lawyer in Türkiye.