Background
She was born on September 22, 1897 at Süleymaniye neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul. Her father died of tuberculosis as she was three years old.
She was born on September 22, 1897 at Süleymaniye neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul. Her father died of tuberculosis as she was three years old.
Following the losses in the family, Mevhibe"s mother moved with her to the grandfather"s house, where she was raised then on. She left the secondary school after the first grade due to the family"s decision. The couple"s first son was born in 1919.
Mustafa İsmet went in 1920 to Anatolia to join the Turkish War of Independence.
As being the spouse of an officer, who was sentenced to death by the Ottoman administration for his involvement in the national resistance, Mevhibe moved together with her family members to her husband"s hometown Malatya, and remained there in the years of the struggle. Her son İzzet died in 1921 during that time.
The family settled in İzmir shortly after its re-capture by the Turkish troops on September 9, 1922. The mansion became their home until 1975.
Mevhibe İnönü visited several places including Athens, Moscow and Rome as the prime minister"s spouse.
In 1934, the Surname Law came into effect. Mustafa İsmet and his family members received the family name İnönü in honor of the First and Second Battle of İnönü, he was a victorious commander of. Mevhibe İnönü moved then as the second first lady into Çankaya Köşkü, the official presidential residence, where she stayed until May 22, 1950.
She co-founded in 1928 "Yardımsevenler Derneği" (Association of Humanists) and in 1949 "Türk Kadınlar Birliği" (Union of Turkish Women).
She became the first chairperson of the board of trustees of the İnönü Foundation. On July 20, 1991, she was hospitalized in the military hospital Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee in Ankara, where she died on February 7, 1992.
She was laid to rest at the Cebeci Asri Cemetery in Ankara.
She was known as a polite and elegant woman.