Актуальные вопросы тюркологических исследований

XXXIII–XXXIV Kononov Memorial Lectures 108 title Staraya Turtsia i Mladoturki: god v Konstantinopole (The Old Turkey and the Young Turks: a year in Constantinople). Tyrkova arrived at Constantinople in October – November 1911. Soon she managed to establish good relations with many Russian diplomats, famous Eu- ropean scholars and prominent leaders of the then ruling party (the Union and Progress). There are some psychological sketches of those political leaders as well as some other Istanbul acquaintances of hers which can be found in her journalistic reports. Also there are some new data in her personal diary which has been pub- lished recently. On the base of all these sources the present article sheds light on Tyrkova’s talks with Halide Edib Adıvar (1882–1964) — a famous Turkish writer, feminist and political activist, which took place in Istanbul in 1911. Key words: Russian history, Ottoman history, Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Ha- lide Edib Adıvar, feminism, journalism, Pan-Turkism. A Russian politician, writer and feminist Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams (1869–1962) spent a year in the Ottoman Empire from the autumn of 1911 to the autumn of 1912 (with an interruption from late December to March) as correspondent for the Rech’ (Conversation) — the leading newspaper of the Constitutional Democratic Party. She came to Constantinople with her husband Harold Williams (1876–1928), the then special correspondent for the Morning Post in Russia and Turkey. Both of them had to leave Russia and stay temporarily abroad for political reasons. When sending her articles from Turkey Tyrkova-Williams used her pen-name A. Vergezhsky. In 1916 she collected some of these articles, revised them and published as a book in Petrograd under the title Staraya Turtsia i Mladoturki: god v Konstantinopole (The Old Turkey and the Young Turks: a year in Constantinople) [14]. Her personal diary and letters which have been published recently [16] makes it possible to carry out a comparative analysis of the relevant information which can be found in these sources. While in Constantinople Tyrkova managed to establish good relations with many Russian diplomats, famous European scholars (mainly oriental- ists) and prominent leaders of the then ruling party (the Union and Progress), such as Talaat, the Minister of the Interior and Cavid Bey, the Minister of Finance. Also she was on friendly terms with Hüseyin Сahit [Yalçın], the editor of the party’s newspaper the Tanin (Echo). There are some psychologi- cal sketches of those political leaders as well as some other acquaintances of hers which can be found in her journalistic reports, personal diary and the book. Among them a sketch devoted to Halidé Edib [Adıvar] (1882–1964), a famous Turkish writer, feminist and political activist should be distinguished