[1] Her father was a farmer and was of Circassian heritage having been forced to leave the North Caucasus after the conquest of the Russian Empire.
[1] Using money she inherited, Bey founded the magazine Women's World (Turkish: Kadınlar Dünyası) using the name Nuriye Ulviye on 4 April, 1913.
[5] Though the association was primarily an organization of Muslim women, there were ethnic minority members as well as European journalists.
After 100 issues, she began publishing it on a weekly basis[1] and after the 108th issue (probably around 7 September 1913) she began signing her articles as Ulviye Mevlan, having taken the surname of her new husband, Rıfat Mevlan[5] (also sometimes shown as Mevlanzâde Rıfat Bey),[3] a journalist and politician.
In this age of awakening, and with a new society based on advances in the social sciences, I decided to publish a magazine that would encourage women to take the necessary developmental steps."
[8] From 1913 to 1914, Women’s World, also published a French edition aimed at increasing dialogue between European feminists and Association members.
In 1931, she married a medical student, Ali Muharrem Civelek, from Antioch who had housed with her during his studies at the Faculty of Medicine.