![A woman travelling alone in a Fiat was enough to cause a stir in Turkey during the 1960s.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-von-roten-300x225.jpg)
One woman's intrepid trip to the Bosphorus by Fiat
In 1960, feminist Iris von Roten drove all the way to Turkey on her own. It was a trip that would straddle the boundaries between conservative role models and an exotic sense of freedom.
![Iris von Roten at work, circa 1950.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2020/03/Iris-von-Roten-1-300x218.jpg)
![Iris von Roten's book Frauen im Laufgitter ["Women in the Playpen"], published in 1958](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/2020/03/frauen-im-laufgitter-300x174.jpg)
![Peter von Roten encouraged his wife to write about her passion for feminism. This snapshot of the couple was taken in Leuk in 1947.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Peter-und-Iris-von-Roten-300x259.jpg)
![Iris von Roten liked to travel with her camera. She annotated this picture "between Eskişehir and Kütahya, summer 1960".](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/frauen-turkeireise-300x290.jpg)
![Iris von Roten on the road in Turkey.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Iris-von-Roten-Feuer-300x277.jpg)
![The Galata Bridge in Istanbul, photographed by Iris von Roten, 1960.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bosporus-240x300.jpg)
In 1960, feminist Iris von Roten drove all the way to Turkey on her own. It was a trip that would straddle the boundaries between conservative role models and an exotic sense of freedom.