Back	In May, at the Voyvoda Street Lectures Yavuz Selim Karakışla Discusses Women Soldiers in the Ottoman Army Yavuz Selim Karakışla, faculty member of the Department of History at Boğaziçi University, will give a lecture titled: "Women Soldiers in the Ottoman Army: the First Battalion of Women Workers (1917-1919)", on Wednesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I with three million soldiers, it left behind countless women on their own and face to face with deprivation. In his lecture, Karakışla will focus on the First Battalion of Women Workers - main project of the "Islamic Society to Promote Work for Women", founded, at the time, by the Minister of War, Enver Pasha. For further information about the Voyvoda Street Lectures, call the Ottoman Bank Archive and Research Center at (212) 2927605. THE OTTOMAN BANK MUSEUM 35-37 Voyvoda Street Karaköy, Istanbul tel: +90 212 2927605 The Voyvoda Street Lectures "Women Soldiers in the Ottoman Army: the First Battalion of Women Workers (1917-1919)" Yavuz Selim Karakışla Department of History, Boğaziçi University Wednesday, May 14 2003 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Free Admission.