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A short story, now viral, unsettles readers with its window on to modern relationships
The award-winning author on how women’s rights went backwards in Turkey
‘I like a bit of confusion: the dance of faith and doubt’
Competing visions of Islam clash in a desperately topical novel of ideas
The prevailing view among isolationists is that the country’s EU adventure is over
Elif Shafak says it is not Turkey’s writers but the country itself that has deviated from the course of liberal democracy
Eka Kurniawan, Gareth Nyandoro and Clarissa Campolina take the prizes for fiction, art and film
Known as a philosopher and critic, Walter Benjamin also created a body of fiction that offers a glimpse of his fevered imagination
The putschists counted on support from AKP opponents — they were mistaken, says Elif Shafak
A vibrant portrait of Aleppo, an ancient city now living through its darkest days
The government’s instinct is to fan the flames of antagonism, writes Elif Shafak
An introduction to the Emerging Voices programme and how the winners were chosen
An exuberant tale of a young boy’s twisting fortunes in 16th-century Istanbul conveys deeper truths about human experience
A writers’ conference in Edinburgh tackles the political role of literature
A young Kurdish woman escapes her village for a new life in the west but becomes the victim of an honour killing
