Iraqi Turkmen woman authors

Iraqi Turkmen literature is a literature which has a certain tradition and totality as it is evaluated in the context of the history of Turkish literature. Turkmen literature, which is in parallel with classical literature during the Ottoman period, differs especially in the republic and the period after. The change in the boundaries due to historical reasons, the compulsory conditions in the sovereignty and language policies, caused the rupture of the position of the Turkmen literature in Turkish literature. Therefore, Iraqi Turkmen literature is divided into two main periods. These periods were named as Turkmen literature before 1918 and Turkmen literature after 1918. Turkmen women writers were almost never present in Turkmen literature before 1918. This period is a period in which male literatiists are active and almost women have no role in literary life. But after 1918, a new era begins in Turkmen literature. In this period, it is determined that women writers have gradually existed in Turkmen literature. More than thirty Turkmen women writers have been identified by following the line of Turkmen literature from the period after Tanzimat to the present. These women were examined in the context of "life-art-work". Even though most of these writers are poets, there are women writers who write short stories. The works of these writers were published in the newspapers and journals of the literary sources of Turkmen literature. Some of the identified women writers chose Arabic as a writing language, and some of them did not produce more than one work. In this context, fifteen of the literary writers who gave works and has continuity have been the subject of study. Biographies of women writers, works and literary personalities have been carried out around a holistic work.