In 1926, Halide Edib and many associates were accused of treason.
She and her husband escaped to Europe.
They lived in France and the United Kingdom from 1926 to 1939.
Halide Edib traveled widely, teaching and lecturing repeatedly in the United States and in India.
She collected her impressions of India as a British colony in her book "Inside India".
She returned to Turkey in 1939, becoming a professor in English literature at the Faculty of Letters in Istanbul.
In 1950, she was elected to Parliament, resigning in 1954; this was the only formal political position she ever held.
In 1926, Halide Edib and many associates were accused of treason. She and her husband escaped to Europe. They lived in France and the United Kingdom from 1926 to 1939. Halide Edib traveled widely, teaching and lecturing repeatedly in the United States and in India. She collected her impressions of India as a British colony in her book "Inside India". She returned to Turkey in 1939, becoming a professor in English literature at the Faculty of Letters in Istanbul. In 1950, she was elected to Parliament, resigning in 1954; this was the only formal political position she ever held.
Halide Edib Adıvar