TURKISH WOMEN.
TAKE MEDICAL DEGREE. - Dr. Safieh Ali, the first Turkish woman to become a doctor, has been visiting London. She says that on the whole the health of Turkish women is good, although - owing to housing conditions tuberculosis is prevalent among them. The laws df their religion oblige every Turkish woman to take a bath daily and wash herself before eating. This, added to the fact that Turkish women are forbidden to drink intoxicants, is good, generally speaking, for the health. “When I made up my mind to become a doctor,” said Dr. Ali, “Turkish women were not permitted to follow a profession, and so I went to Germany to take my degrees. The law was changed two years ago, and I was able to begin my work in my own country.”.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 October 1924, Page 5
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