uri ▁Gün te kin ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁about ▁the ▁dest iny ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁Turkish ▁female ▁teacher ▁named ▁Fer ide . ▁ ▁Plot ▁summary ▁The ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁near ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁a ▁war ▁we ary ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁and ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Turkish ▁republic . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁is ▁rec ount ed ▁in ▁first - person ▁di ary ▁format ▁by ▁Fer ide . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁section , ▁Fer ide ▁describes ▁her ▁child hood , ▁beginning ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁and ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁events ▁that ▁led ▁her ▁to ▁a ▁strange ▁hotel ▁room . ▁The ▁second ▁and ▁largest ▁section ▁consists ▁of ▁di ary ▁entries ▁describing ▁her ▁advent ures ▁in ▁An atol ia . ▁The ▁third ▁section ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁written ▁from ▁the ▁third ▁person ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁describing ▁Fer ide ' s ▁visit ▁to ▁her ▁home . ▁▁ ▁Fer ide ▁is ▁the ▁or phan ed ▁daughter ▁of ▁an ▁army ▁officer . ▁As ▁a ▁te en ager , ▁she ▁att ends ▁Ly ce e ▁Notre ▁D ame ▁de ▁S ion ▁in ▁the ▁winter , ▁and ▁stays ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁late ▁mother ' s ▁sister s ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁hol id ays . ▁She ▁is ▁given ▁the ▁nick name ▁" the ▁W ren " ▁during ▁her ▁time ▁at ▁school ▁for ▁her ▁viv acity ▁and ▁m isch ief . ▁These ▁two ▁characteristics ▁considered ▁unusual ▁and ▁even ▁a ▁bit ▁in app ropri ate ▁for ▁Muslim ▁girls