[1] Her father was Ali Rıza, an Ottoman diplomat and statesman, and her mother Naile who was an Austrian convert.

[4] There, Rıza wrote in two newspapers published by CUP in Paris namely Mechveret Supplément Français in French and Şûrây-i Ummet in Turkish.

While she gave largely up journalism, she became the secretary general of Turkish Red Crescent between 1908 and 1913, but left the institution after disagreeing with its management.

With the help of her brother Ahmet, she succeeded and the palace was used as Kandilli High School for Girls up to 1986, when it was partially burned down.

[1] Rıza's unpublished novel Uhuvvet ("Friendship") was eventually published in 1999, long after her death, by the Ministry of Culture.