Elif Mahir Metinsoy of Galatasaray University on her book “Ottoman Women During World War I: Everyday Experiences, Politics and Conflict” (Cambridge University Press). The book describes the lives of ordinary Muslim women in the Ottoman Empire during the Great War. It moves beyond a traditional focus on the experiences of the educated, middle or upper class urban population to focus instead on the lives of ordinary masses across Anatolia.

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