Halide Edib Adıvar (Ottoman Turkish: خالده اديب [haːliˈde eˈdib], sometimes spelled Halidé Edib in English; 11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish novelist, teacher, ultranationalist and feminist intellectual. She was best known for her novels criticizing the low social status of Turkish women and what she saw from her observation as the lack of interest of most women in changing their situation. She was a Pan-Turkist and several of her novels advocated for the Turanism movement.Halide Edib Adıvar is also remembered for her role in the forced assimilation of children orphaned in the Armenian genocide.