Safiye Erol

{{Short description|Turkish novelist (1902-1964)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Safiye Erol | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = "Sami", "Diara" | birth_name = Safiye | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|01|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Uzunköprü, Edirne, Ottoman Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1964|10|07|1902|01|02|df=y}} | death_place = Istanbul, Turkey | resting_place = Karacaahmet Cemetery | occupation = Writer | language = Turkish | nationality = Turkish | citizenship = | education = Philosophy, literature | alma_mater = Marburg University<br>Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | period = | genre = Novel | subject =  | movement = | notable_works = | spouse =  | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = {{URL|http://safiyeerol.org/index.php}} | portaldisp =  }}

'''Safiye Erol''' (2 January 1902 – 7 October 1964) was a Turkish novelist. She is one of the writers of the Republican Era.

==Early life== Safiye Erol was born to Sami and Emine İkbal in Uzunköprü town of Edirne, then Ottoman Empire, on 2 January 1902.<ref name="ky"/><ref name="ia"/> Her father was a clerk in the Municipality of Uzunköprü, and her mother was a member of the Bektashi Order lodge in Keşan. The family moved to Üsküdar, Istanbul in 1906.<ref name="ia"/>

She was schooled in Üsküdar for primary education. Later, she attended the French Missionary School. Then, she entered the Deutsche Schule Istanbul for secondary education.<ref name="ia"/>

In 1917, she went to Germany through a scholarship granted by the "German-Turkish Friendship Association". She completed her secondary education at the Private Falkanplatz High School in Lübeck in 1919. Due to some events in Germany, she returned home. In 1921, she went to Germany again, and enrolled in Marburg University, but moved to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1923 to continue her education in philosophy and literature.<ref name="ia"/><ref name="t24"/> In 1926, she obtained a Ph.D. degree with the thesis ''Die Pflanzennamen in der altarabischen Poesie'', about the plant names in the Arabian language poetry. She returned to Istanbul the next year.<ref name="ky"/><ref name="ia"/><ref name="t24"/>

==Writing career== She told in her memoirs that "one of her professors in Germany said that she would be the Selma Lagerlöf of the Turks in the future" as she likes writing very much.<ref name="t24"/>

In the beginning of her writing career, she used the pen names "Sami" for articles and translations, as well as "Dilara" for short stories.<ref name="ia"/> She wrote short stories and made translations for the magazines such as ''Milli Mecmua'' ("National Magazine") and ''Her Ay'' ("Every Month").<ref name="ky"/><ref name="t24"/> Her first novel ''Kadıköyü'nün Romanı'' was serialized in the newspaper ''Vakit'' in 1935,<ref name="t24"/> which was published as a book in 1938. Her next novel ''Ülker Fırtınası'' was published in 1944 after it appeared in as a serial in the daily ''Cumhuriyet'' in 1938.<ref name="t24"/> Her favorite novel was the 1946-published ''Ciğerdelen'', Turkish for Štúrovo on the River Danube.<ref name="ia"/><ref name="t24"/> She translated the 1914-novel ''Kejsarn av Portugallien'' of Swedish Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) as ''Portugaliye İmparatoriçesi'' (1941) and German Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's (1777–1843) 1811-novel ''Undine'' as ''Su Kızı'' (1945). In 1951, her three-part philosophical review of the Sufi thinker Kenan Rıfai was published in ''Kenan Rıfai ve Yirminci Asrın Işığında Müslümanlık '' ("Kenan Riffai and Islam in the Light of the Twentieth Century"). Her last novel ''Dinyeri Papazı'' was serialized in the daily ''Tercüman'' in 1955.<ref name="t24"/> During the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan in 1962, she wrote the serial ''Çölde Biten Rahmet Ağacı'' in the newspaper ''Yeni Istanbul'', which narrated the phases of the life of Muhammad in the desert.<ref name="ky"/> Many articles of her published in various newspapers and magazines were collected in a book titled ''Makaleler '' in 2002. Her short stories were published post-mortem in the book ''Leylak Mevsimi'' in 2010.<ref name="t24"/>

==Private life== She married in 1931. She served as city councilor in 1943. In her later years from 1961 on, she was active in cultural events as a member of the "Development and Culture Association of Üsküdar".<ref name="ia"/>

Safiye Erol died at the age of 62 in Istanbul on 7 October 1964,<ref name="ky"/> and was buried at the Karacaahmet Cemetery.<ref name="ia"/><ref name="t1"/>

==Works== #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/makaleler/47888.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Makaleler |author=Erol, Safiye |orig-year=2002 |date=30 May 2002 |language=tr |edition=1st |pages=606 |isbn=975-766-381-6}} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/mektuplar-5/405670.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Mektuplar 5 |author=Araz, Nezihe |author2=Sofi Huri |author3=Samiha Ayverdi |author4=Safiye Erol |date=17 October 2016 |language=tr |edition=1st |pages=168 |isbn=978-605-475-025-2 }} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/leylak-mevsimi/144344.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Leylak Mevsimi |author=Erol, Safiye |orig-year=2010 |date=10 October 2017 |language=tr |edition=3rd |pages=95 |isbn=978-975-644-474-0 }} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/cigerdelen/47887.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Ciğerdelen |author=Erol, Safiye |orig-year=1946 |date=24 April 2018 |language=tr |edition=16th |pages=261 |isbn=978-975-766-354-6 }} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/ulker-firtinasi/47891.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Ülker Fırtınası |author=Erol, Safiye |orig-year=1944 |date=25 September 2019 |language=tr |edition=7th |pages=216 |isbn=978-975-766-379-9 }} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/dineyri-papazi/47889.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Dineyri Papazı |author=Erol, Safiye |date=16 October 2019 |language=tr |edition=5th |pages=333 |isbn=978-975-766-378-2 }} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/kadikoyunun-romani/47890.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Kadıköyü'nün Romanı |author=Erol, Safiye |orig-year=1938 |date=16 October 2019 |language=tr |edition=7th |pages=264 |isbn=978-975-766-374-4 }} #{{cite book |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/colde-biten-rahmet-agaci/47892.html&manufacturer_id=21618 |publisher=Kubbealtı Neşriyat |title=Çölde Biten Rahmet Ağacı |author=Erol, Safiye |date=21 February 2020|language=tr |edition=7th |pages=112 |isbn=978-975-766-373-7 }}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="ky">{{cite web |url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/yazar/safiye-erol/21618.html |publisher=Kitap Yurdu |title=Safiye Erol |language=tr |accessdate=27 May 2020 }}</ref> <ref name="t24">{{cite news |url=https://t24.com.tr/k24/yazi/safiye-erol,2264 |newspaper=T24 |title=Safiye Erol'u kim sahiplensin? |author=Cangöz, Neslihan|date=2 May 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=27 May 2020 }}</ref> <ref name="ia">{{cite web |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/erol-safiye |publisher=İslam Ansiklopedisi |title=EROL, Safiye |language=tr |accessdate=28 May 2020 }}</ref> <ref name="t1">{{cite news |url=http://www.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr/Genel/a550703.aspx |newspaper=Türkiye |title=Romancı Safiye Erol mezarı başında anılıyor |date=30 September 2012 |language=tr |accessdate=28 May 2020 }}</ref> }}

==External links== *[http://safiyeerol.org/index.php Safiye Erol website {{In lang|tr}}]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erol, Safiye}} Category:1902 births Category:People from Uzunkol District Category:Deutsche Schule Istanbul alumni Category:Marburg University alumni Category:LMU Munich alumni Category:20th-century Turkish women writers Category:20th-century Turkish writers Category:Turkish women novelists Category:1964 deaths Category:Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery Category:20th-century women novelists