İsmet Kür (born Zorluhankızı, 29 September 1916 – 21 January 2013) was a Turkish educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature.
İsmet Kür was born on 29 September 1916 in Göztepe, Kadıköy, in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey),[1][2][3][4] in a mansion frequented by writers and poets.
[5] Her father Avnullah Kazim was a journalist, writer and politician,[5][6] and her mother Ayşe Nazlı, an intellectual woman.
[2][5] After the Surname Law went into effect in 1934, she took the family name "Zorluhankızı", meaning the "daughter of Zorluhan" because her name "İsmet" is mainly used for males, and caused confusion.
[7] She said in an interview that she owed her very old age to her practicing tennis, volleyball, skiing, and gymnastics, and exercising every morning.
[8][3] She was interred at Ayazağa Cemetery following a religious funeral service held at Teşvikiye Mosque on 23 January.
[2] She also did children's programs for the radio stations TRT in Turkey and Bayrak in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
[7] Osmanlıca Çocuk Dergileri is a research work of hers on the children's magazines in Ottoman Turkish language,[5] which made her well-known.