Ipek CalislarBorn in Istanbul in 1947, İpek Çalışlar is a journalist and writer. She has worked at the prestigious daily Cumhuriyet for twelve years and has served on the boards of KA-DER, the Association for the Support and Training of Wome Candidates, and PEN Turkey. Çalışlar was tried in Turkey for 'insulting the memory of Kemal Atatürk' with this biography but was later acquitted. Her first literary work, Madam Atatürk is a bestseller in Turkey and has been translated into eleven languages. Read More Read Less