An Englishwoman in Angora Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor Series

Grace Ellison (d.1935) was a journalist with an enthusiasm for Turkish culture. She had previously published works on life in a liberal Turkish family, and on the experiences of two modern Turkish women in Europe, which have also been reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. In this 1923 book, she recounts what she found on revisiting Turkey in the aftermath of the First World War and the war between Turkey and Greece which had arisen after the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire. Passionately pro-Turk, Ellison was dismayed at the peace treaties' punitive effect on Turkey. This work describes a journey via Athens (filled with destitute refugees) and devastated Smyrna to Angora (Ankara), the small town which was the new capital of the Turkish Republic, where she had several meetings with Mustafa Kemal, the reforming president. This is a partisan but fascinating view of the birth of modern Turkey.

Foreword; 1. On board the Pierre Loti; 2. Turkey and tolerance; 3. Malta; 4. Athens; 5. Smyrna; 6. British chivalry; 7. Smyrna (cont.); 8. Emotions and impressions; 9. More impressions; 10. A journey on foot; 11. A public meeting at Ouchak; 12. A luggage train; 13. A third-class compartment; 14. In the 'train de luxe'; 15. Angora I; 16. Angora II; 17. Angora III; 18. The Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha; 19. An interview with the Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha; 20. Mustapha Kemal Pasha; 21. A Turkish cabinet; 22. Turkish cabinet; 23. The foreign colony in Angora; 24. Halide Edib Hanoum, author and patriot; 25. Hospitals; 26. Last days in Angora; 27. Rome, the eternal city; 28. Three diplomats at Rome; 29. En route for Constantinople; 30. From Bilidjik to Broussa by yaili; 31. A few days in Broussa; 32. Constantinople no longer the capital; 33. Lausanne Palace hotel; 34. Turkey and the League of Nations; 35. The future; Index.