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Süreyya Ağaoğlu
Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903, Shusha – 29 December 1989, Istanbul) was a Turkish Azerbaijani origin writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.
Early life and education.
Ağaoğlu was the daughter of Ahmet Ağaoğlu, a prominent Azerbaijani and later Turkish politician of the early 20th century. After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1920, the Ağaoğlus moved to Turkey where Süreyya enrolled in the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University.
Career.
After graduation Ağaoğlu worked as a
List of Turkish women writers
This is a list of Turkish women writers who are Ottoman or Turkish nationals and who write in Turkish language.
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- Halide Edip Adıvar (1884–1964), novelist, nationalist, feminist
- Adalet Ağaoğlu (born 1929), prominent novelist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, short story writer
- Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989), lawyer, non-fiction writer
- Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), educator, works on preservation of cultural heritage
- Gülten Akın (