Background
Born 1885 in Thessaloniki, then in the Ottoman Empire, and grown up there, she moved along with her mother Zübeyde Hanım to Istanbul after the Balkan Wars.
Born 1885 in Thessaloniki, then in the Ottoman Empire, and grown up there, she moved along with her mother Zübeyde Hanım to Istanbul after the Balkan Wars.
She was the only one surviving sister of Atatürk, while the other four siblings died at early ages. Later, she lived in the Camlı Köşk (literally Glass Pavilion), a villa built 1936 within the garden of presidential Çankaya Palace especially for her. She died on January 18, 1956 in Ankara at the age of 71, and was laid to rest in the Cebeci Asri cemetery.
In 1930, she entered the political scene joining the newly established "Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası" (Free Republic Party) of Fethi Okyar. However, her political life ended soon following the closure of the party by Okyar himself some months later.
Makbule married Mecdi Boysan, a member of the parliament in 1935.