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 : Turkish girl - 1920s - Liberation in Dress


Turkish girl - 1920s - Liberation in Dress

Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils. It was a move to modernisation and more Western thought away from heavy Orientalism

Picture No
10982312
Media ID
46708009
Size
3555px x 5662px (2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1922

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Lighter Modernisation Reflect Shift Thinner Veiled Westernisation Wore


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