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Seniha Sami Moralı

Seniha Sami Moralı

First Turkish professional museologist

Date of Birth: 1886

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Museum

Seniha Sami Moralı was the first woman museologist to be appointed as manager of the Topkapi Palace Museum.

Seniha Sami Moralı as Translator
  • William Shakespeare, King Richard III (3. Richard Faciası), translation into Turkish: Seniha Sami, Ahmet Halit Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1946.
  • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (Antonius ile Kleopatra), Translation into Turkish: Seniha Sami. İstanbul: Hilmi Kitabevi, 1946.
  • William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (Coriolanus Faciası), Translation into Turkish: Seniha Sami. Hilmi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1942.
  • Pearl S. Buck, Pavilion of Women (Kadınlar Paviyonu), Translation into Turkish: Seniha Sami, İstanbul, 1947.
  • John Dickson Carr, The Bride of Newgate (Hapishane Gelini), Translation into Turkish: Seniha Sami, İstanbul, 1951.

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Contributions to Society

Seniha Sami Moralı took part in the International Women's Congresses in Belgrade 1931 and Marseilles 1933 as representative of the women in Turkey.

Family and Friends

  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Daughter:Nesrin Moralı (teacher, writer)
  • Husband:Rauf Bey
  • Mother-in-law: Hadice Fahriye (writer)
  • Nephew:Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver (writer, teacher, parliamentarian)
  • Brother-in-law:Nazım Hikmet (poet)

Commemorative Projects

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Further Reading

Taha Toros, Nazım Cezaevinden çıkıyor, Cumhuriyet, 15.10.2005

Sources

Quoted Sources
  • See the "Further Reading" section
Source of Visual Images

Translation into English: Lyndall von Dewitz, Oberasbach, Bavaria, Germany
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