[4] She served as an inspector at girls’ schools and an assistant nurse at Şişli Etfal Hospital.
[2] Her writings on politics and education were published in various publications, including Mütalaa (in Thessalonica), Mehâsin (Ottoman Turkish: Virtues)[6] and Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete (Ottoman Turkish: Newspaper for Women) after the declaration of the constitutional monarchy in 1908.
[7] In Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete she used first several pseudonyms, but later used her name and published various stories and travel writings.
[8] Another charity founded by her was Hizmet-i Nisvân Cemiyeti (Ottoman Turkish: Service of Women Association).
[8] In late 1890s Emine Semiye was the head of the Union and Progress Women’s Revolution Committee in Thessalonica.
[11] Emine Semiye, together with her older sister Fatma Aliye, was a significant figure for the Ottoman women movement.
[8] She supported an image of women, educated mothers and wives, imposed by the official discourse during the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.