Sabiha Derviş Sertel was the first professional female journalist

Journalist

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 and one of the first feminist writers in Turkey

Turkey

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 with Donmeh

Donmeh

Note: Most Sabbateans during and after Sabbatai Zevi were Jews and practiced only Judaism, whereas the Dönmeh officially practice/d Islam and are not regarded as Jews....

 ancestry. Educated in a progressive high school, Sertel began writing essays at the age of sixteen on women's rights and social issues. In 1915 she married Zekeriya Sertel, also a famous journalist in Salonica and Istanbul

Istanbul

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. She worked for the newspaper Tan and the magazine Görüşler.