Özet:

Memories are of great importance in illuminating our recent history. Memoirs, generally written by statesmen, journalists, and writers of the period; Although they have undertaken a role such as justifying the actions taken and responding to criticism, they help to bring to light many events that have not been reflected in official documents and the press. The tradition of writing memoirs, which is very few of our statesmen, is a situation that is almost never seen in their spouses and children. Apart from Naciye Sultan, who has the most comprehensive memoirs from the leadership of the Union and Progress, it is rare in our history that Cemal Pasha's wife Seniha Hanım and Talat Pasha's wife Hayriye Hanım shared their memories of the period with the public in the press and media organs, even though they did not have a pen with their own hands. is one of the events. The aim of our study is primarily to gather the memories of Mrs. Seniha about Cemal Pasha, which she has expressed on various occasions in some publications, and then to make a detailed evaluation of the memories. In this way, some obscure issues of the Union and Progress period will be better understood. The work we have done is a first in its field and claims that apart from statesmen, the memories of their spouses are of great importance in terms of understanding our recent history and should be evaluated absolutely.