Nigâr Hanım: Homemaking in Ottoman women’s diaries
Article by Damla Göre, published in Women Writing Architecture 1700–1900: Expanding Histories edited by Anne Hultzsch and Sol Pérez Martínez
“Nigâr Hanım: Homemaking in Ottoman Women’s Diaries” explores the everyday practices of homemaking through the posthumously published diaries of the poet, writer, and celebrated salonnière Nigâr Hanım (1862–1928). Moving between the ordinary and the exceptional, the chapter highlights moments of agency in the life of an upper-class Ottoman woman and offers a perspective central to inclusive and feminist approaches to architectural history.
The chapter appears in Women Writing Architecture 1700–1900: Expanding Histories (2025), edited by Anne Hultzsch and Sol Pérez Martínez, a volume that brings together diverse writings by women on architectural space across history.
