Jeyda Elsasser, grand daughter of her sister Vecihe Buyukaksoy. Personal life Araz lived in an old people's home in her last years. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease, refused to see anybody and had reportedly lost a lot of weight. Araz died in 2009. References Turkish journalists 1920 births 2009 deaths Ankara University alumni Turkish poets Turkish dramatists and playwrights Turkish women writers People from Konya 20th-century journalists