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Turkish author Elif Shafak (photo: imago)

Book review: Elif Shafak′s ″Three Daughters of Eve″

Straddling worlds

In her latest novel, ″Three Daughters of Eve″, best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak follows the life of a young woman from Istanbul who is torn between tradition and secularisation as she pursues a degree at Oxford University – and is plunged into deep personal and religious conflicts as a result. Volker Kaminski read the bookMore

Interview with Turkish author Elif Shafak: Democracy in a downward spiralInterview with Elif Shafak: "There is a lack of democratic culture in Turkey"Book preview: Elif Shafak's "Black Milk": On writing, motherhood and the harem within
Turkish author Elif Shafak (photo: dpa)

Interview with Turkish author Elif Shafak

Democracy in a downward spiral

In interview with Sabine Peschel, best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak warns against the disintegration of democratic values and the rise of authoritarianism in Turkey and across EuropeMore

Interview with Elif Shafak: "There is a lack of democratic culture in Turkey"Book Preview: Elif Shafak's "Black Milk": On writing, motherhood and the harem withinElif Shafak: "The Bastard of Istanbul": A reproach for the historical amnesia
Elif Shafak (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Interview with Elif Shafak

"There is a lack of democratic culture in Turkey"

The Turkish writer Elif Shafak is one of the country's best-selling authors and one of the best known Turkish writers worldwide. In her books, she intertwines sensitive Turkish issues with cosmopolitan stories and Sufism. In this interview, she talks to Ceyda Nurtsch about how she plays with language, the role of fiction and the democratisation of TurkeyMore

Book Preview: Elif Shafak's "Black Milk": On Writing, Motherhood and the Harem WithinElif Shafak: "The Bastard of Istanbul": A Reproach for the Historical AmnesiaElif Shafak: Exile as a Metaphysical ProblemElif Shafak: There Is No Clash of Civilizations