Elif Shafak (English Wikipedia)

"'Core of nationalism is ugly': Elif Shafak & W Soyinka". www.aljazeera.com. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

bbc.co.uk

"BBC Arts - The Novels That Shaped Our World - Explore the list of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Shafak, Elif (13 May 2010). "The Essay: Postcards from Istanbul". BBC Radio 3. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

bbc.com

"100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts". BBC News. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
"Atwood and Rushdie on Booker Prize shortlist". BBC News. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
"BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

bianet.org

"Elif Şafak'tan intihal açıklaması: Akıl dışı iftira". bianet.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.

bokmenntahatid.is

"Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize: Elif Shafak". 5 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

booksandpublishing.com.au

"Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"'Sorrow and Bliss' shortlisted for 2022 Women's Prize". Books+Publishing. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

curtisbrown.co.uk

"Elif Shafak". Curtis Brown. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
"Curtis Brown website". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

dogankitap.com.tr

"Med-Cezir". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Firarperest". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Şemspare". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Sanma Ki Yalnızsın". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

dw.com

Sanderson, Sertan (5 May 2021). "Elif Shafak: using literature as a means to defend human rights". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Schließ, Gero (9 November 2017). "Elif Shafak: 'Erdogan is the most divisive politician in Turkey's modern history'". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

euronews.com

Harris, Chris (17 January 2017). "Is this the end for multiculturalism?". euronews. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

freespeechdebate.com

"Elif Shafak on our common humanity". Free Speech Debate. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
"Elif Shafak on our common humanity". Free Speech Debate. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

ft.com

"Small talk: Elif Shafak". Financial Times. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
"Best books of 2017: critics' picks". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Boyt, Susie (22 July 2021). "The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak — war and figs". www.ft.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

ghostarchive.org

"Small talk: Elif Shafak". Financial Times. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
"Best books of 2017: critics' picks". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Boyt, Susie (22 July 2021). "The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak — war and figs". www.ft.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
"Elif Şafak - Marka 2010 Ödülü". 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.

globalthinkersforum.org

"Global Thinkers Forum: Awards for Excellence 2016". Global Thinkers Forum. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

goodreads.com

"There Are Rivers in the Sky".

gyv.org.tr

"GYV". gyv.org.tr. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.

highprofiles.info

Carruthers, Jo (2011). "Into Connection". High Profiles. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

hindustantimes.com

"First of three London Book Fair author spotlights announced: Elif Shafak". Hindustan Times. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

hnn.us

"Elif Shafak: U. Arizona Professor Acquitted of Charges In Turkey". hnn.us. 25 September 2006. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

hurriyet.com.tr

Kaplan, Sefa (5 July 2009). "Edebiyatta rekor Aşk 200 bin sattı". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
"Elif Şafak: Bugüne dek biseksüel olduğumu hiç söyleyemedim". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 15 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

impacdublinaward.ie

"The 2012 Award longlist". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

independent.co.uk

Tonkin, Boyd (4 March 2005). "Spanning the literary globe". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
Adil, Alev (8 July 2010). "The Forty Rules of Love, By Elif Shafak". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

kirkusreviews.com

"THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE | Kirkus Reviews". Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

litencyc.com

Atayurt Fenge, Zeynep. "The Literary Encyclopedia". In Sandru, Cristina (ed.). Turkish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

literaryawards.co.uk

"Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Winners. Shortlist". Book Awards. Winners. Shortlists. 200+ British and International Literary Prize Details. Book shop. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

livestream.com

"Elif Shafak: Three Daughters of Eve with Siri Hustvedt". Livestream. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.

marionboyars.co.uk

Clee, Nicholas (25 March 2005). "New Wave in Translation". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2012 – via Marion Boyars.

metu.edu.tr

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Bilgin, Elif (2004). AN ANALYSIS OF TURKISH MODERNITY THROUGH DISCOURSES OF MASCULINITIE (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Middle East Technical University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

newstatesman.com

"Elif Shafak, Author at New Statesman". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

newyorker.com

Shafak, Elif (10 December 2016). "The Silencing of Writers in Turkey". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

nytimes.com

Freely, Maureen (13 August 2006). "Writers on Trial". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
Williams, John (17 December 2017). "Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Elif Shafak on Mixing Faith and Doubt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
Emre, Merve (1 November 2018). "This Library Has New Books by Major Authors, but They Can't Be Read Until 2114". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
Shafak, Elif (19 September 2017). "Turkey's Future Is Moving Backward". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

orange.co.uk

newsroom.orange.co.uk

"Orange newsroom - Orange Broadband Prize For Fiction Announces 2008 Longlist". orange.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.

ox.ac.uk

st-annes.ox.ac.uk

"Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature". St Anne's College, Oxford. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
"Honorary, Advisory and Emeritus Fellows". St Annes's College, University of Oxford. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

penguin.co.uk

"Where to start reading Elif Shafak". www.penguin.co.uk. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
"Penguin Books website". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

player.fm

FM, Player (28 May 2017). "Elif Shafak Desert Island Discs podcast". player.fm. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

politico.eu

"Turkish author Elif Shafak's cautionary tale for the West". Politico. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

porttakal.com

"Mevlana büyük ödülleri - Bilgi ve Eğlence Portalınız - Porttakal". porttakal.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.

prix-litteraires.net

"Prix ALEF - Mention Spéciale Littérature Etrangère". prix-litteraires.net. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
"Elif Shafak". prix-litteraires.net. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.

prixrelay.com

"Crime d'honneur, lauréat du Prix Relay 2013 - Prix Relay des Voyageurs Lecteurs". prixrelay.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

publishersweekly.com

"Fiction Book Review: Honor by Elif Shafak". Publishers Weekly. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

redonline.co.uk

Elif Shafak: Shafak, Elif (2 February 2017). "Happily married, 1,500 miles apart". Red. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

repubblica.it

"Elif Shafak - Protagonisti". La Repubblica (in Italian). 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

rsliterature.org

"RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020 The Shortlist" (PDF). The Royal Society of Literature. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2021.

salonlivre-vernon.org

"Les auteurs". salonlivre-vernon.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

smh.com.au

Baum, Caroline (17 March 2010). "Breaking down the boundaries". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2012.

spiegel.de

"Elif Shafak". Der Spiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

standard.co.uk

"My recipe for marriage: a husband who lives 1,500 miles away, says writer Elif Shafak". Evening Standard. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

ted.com

Shafak, Elif. "Elif Shafak". TED. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

telegraph.co.uk

Salter, Jessica (14 November 2014). "11527563Elif Shafak: 'I believe I'm not a good wife but I'm OK with that'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019.
Kerr, Michael (30 April 2015). "Ondaatje Prize 2015: shortlist announced". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

thebookseller.com

Carpenter, Caroline (28 March 2014). "Major authors express Turkey concern". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.
"Elif Shafak, Peter James and Julia Donaldson win at Nielsen Bestseller Awards".

theguardian.com

Beard, Mary (21 August 2020). "How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review – a poignant look back at another age". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Flood, Alison (31 May 2019). "Turkey puts novelists including Elif Shafak under investigation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
Shafak, Elif (15 July 2019). "'Police officers demanded to see my books': Elif Shafak on Turkey's war on free-speech". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Rustin, Susanna (6 December 2014). "Elif Shafak: 'I don't have the luxury of being apolitical'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
Lea, Richard (24 July 2016). "In Istanbul, a writer awaits her day in court". The Guardian.
Lea, Richard (21 September 2006). "Acquittal for Turkish novelist". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
Freely, Maureen (20 April 2012). "Honour by Elif Shafak – review". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
Flood, Alison (27 October 2017). "Elif Shafak joins Future Library, writing piece to be unveiled in 2114". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
"Elif Shafak". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Thomas-Corr, Johanna (16 June 2019). "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak review – powerful but preachy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Abrams, Rebecca (18 June 2010). "Elif Shafak: Motherhood is sacred in Turkey". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
Skidelsky, William (7 April 2012). "Elif Shafak: 'In Turkey, men write and women read. I want to see this change'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Shafak, Elif (15 July 2019). "'Police officers demanded to see my books': Elif Shafak on Turkey's war on free-speech". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Flood, Alison (6 February 2014). "Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Kate, Kellaway (2 May 2017). "Elif Shafak: 'When women are divided it is the male status quo that benefits'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Adams, Tim (16 September 2019). "Elif Shafak: 'I thought the British were calm about politics. Not any longer'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Lea, Richard (24 July 2006). "In Istanbul, a writer awaits her day in court". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
Minter, Harriet; et al. (20 May 2015). "Asian women of achievement awards 2015: meet the winners". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

time.com

Shafak, Elif (31 July 2006). "Pulled by Two Tides". Time. Archived from the original on 18 August 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

turkishculture.org

Finkel, Andrew. "Portrait of Elif Şafak". Turkish Cultural Foundation. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

tyb.org.tr

"2000 Yılı "Yılın Yazar, Fikir Adamı ve Sanatçıları Ödülü"". Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

veryansintv.com

"Elif Şafak intihalci çıktı... Mine Kırıkkanat'a tazminat ödeyecek". VeryansınTV (in Turkish). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

washingtonpost.com

Charles, Ron (11 December 2017). "Elif Shafak's new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

web.archive.org

"Elif Shafak". Curtis Brown. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
Beard, Mary (21 August 2020). "How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review – a poignant look back at another age". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Freely, Maureen (13 August 2006). "Writers on Trial". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
Flood, Alison (31 May 2019). "Turkey puts novelists including Elif Shafak under investigation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
Shafak, Elif (15 July 2019). "'Police officers demanded to see my books': Elif Shafak on Turkey's war on free-speech". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
"Elif Shafak on our common humanity". Free Speech Debate. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
Finkel, Andrew. "Portrait of Elif Şafak". Turkish Cultural Foundation. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
Rustin, Susanna (6 December 2014). "Elif Shafak: 'I don't have the luxury of being apolitical'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
Atayurt Fenge, Zeynep. "The Literary Encyclopedia". In Sandru, Cristina (ed.). Turkish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
"An analysis of Turkish modernity through discourses of masculinities / Türk moderleşmesi ve erkeklik söylemleri". Ulusal Tez Merkenzi. 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
Bilgin, Elif (2004). AN ANALYSIS OF TURKISH MODERNITY THROUGH DISCOURSES OF MASCULINITIE (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Middle East Technical University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Elif Shafak: U. Arizona Professor Acquitted of Charges In Turkey". hnn.us. 25 September 2006. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
"Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature". St Anne's College, Oxford. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
"Honorary, Advisory and Emeritus Fellows". St Annes's College, University of Oxford. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
"Where to start reading Elif Shafak". www.penguin.co.uk. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
"Mevlana büyük ödülleri - Bilgi ve Eğlence Portalınız - Porttakal". porttakal.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
"2000 Yılı "Yılın Yazar, Fikir Adamı ve Sanatçıları Ödülü"". Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
Tonkin, Boyd (4 March 2005). "Spanning the literary globe". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
Clee, Nicholas (25 March 2005). "New Wave in Translation". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2012 – via Marion Boyars.
"Orange newsroom - Orange Broadband Prize For Fiction Announces 2008 Longlist". orange.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
Lea, Richard (21 September 2006). "Acquittal for Turkish novelist". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
Adil, Alev (8 July 2010). "The Forty Rules of Love, By Elif Shafak". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
Kaplan, Sefa (5 July 2009). "Edebiyatta rekor Aşk 200 bin sattı". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
"Prix ALEF - Mention Spéciale Littérature Etrangère". prix-litteraires.net. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
"The 2012 Award longlist". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
"100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts". BBC News. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
"BBC Arts - The Novels That Shaped Our World - Explore the list of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Freely, Maureen (20 April 2012). "Honour by Elif Shafak – review". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
"Curtis Brown website". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
"Penguin Books website". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
"Fiction Book Review: Honor by Elif Shafak". Publishers Weekly. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
Williams, John (17 December 2017). "Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Elif Shafak on Mixing Faith and Doubt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
"Elif Shafak: Three Daughters of Eve with Siri Hustvedt". Livestream. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
"THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE | Kirkus Reviews". Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
Flood, Alison (27 October 2017). "Elif Shafak joins Future Library, writing piece to be unveiled in 2114". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
"Atwood and Rushdie on Booker Prize shortlist". BBC News. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
"Med-Cezir". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Firarperest". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Şemspare". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
"Sanma Ki Yalnızsın". Dogan Kitap. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
Shafak, Elif (31 July 2006). "Pulled by Two Tides". Time. Archived from the original on 18 August 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
"Elif Shafak". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
"Elif Shafak - Protagonisti". La Repubblica (in Italian). 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Shafak, Elif (10 December 2016). "The Silencing of Writers in Turkey". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Shafak, Elif (19 September 2017). "Turkey's Future Is Moving Backward". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
"Elif Shafak". Der Spiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
"Elif Shafak, Author at New Statesman". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
"Politics of Fear or Rebellion of the Forgotten?". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
Harris, Chris (17 January 2017). "Is this the end for multiculturalism?". euronews. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
"'Core of nationalism is ugly': Elif Shafak & W Soyinka". www.aljazeera.com. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
FM, Player (28 May 2017). "Elif Shafak Desert Island Discs podcast". player.fm. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Shafak, Elif. "Elif Shafak". TED. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Thomas-Corr, Johanna (16 June 2019). "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak review – powerful but preachy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Shafak, Elif (13 May 2010). "The Essay: Postcards from Istanbul". BBC Radio 3. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
Charles, Ron (11 December 2017). "Elif Shafak's new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Abrams, Rebecca (18 June 2010). "Elif Shafak: Motherhood is sacred in Turkey". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
"Turkish author Elif Shafak's cautionary tale for the West". Politico. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Skidelsky, William (7 April 2012). "Elif Shafak: 'In Turkey, men write and women read. I want to see this change'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Sanderson, Sertan (5 May 2021). "Elif Shafak: using literature as a means to defend human rights". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Shafak, Elif (15 July 2019). "'Police officers demanded to see my books': Elif Shafak on Turkey's war on free-speech". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
"Elif Shafak on our common humanity". Free Speech Debate. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
Schließ, Gero (9 November 2017). "Elif Shafak: 'Erdogan is the most divisive politician in Turkey's modern history'". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Carpenter, Caroline (28 March 2014). "Major authors express Turkey concern". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.
Flood, Alison (6 February 2014). "Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Salter, Jessica (14 November 2014). "11527563Elif Shafak: 'I believe I'm not a good wife but I'm OK with that'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019.
"My recipe for marriage: a husband who lives 1,500 miles away, says writer Elif Shafak". Evening Standard. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
Kate, Kellaway (2 May 2017). "Elif Shafak: 'When women are divided it is the male status quo that benefits'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Adams, Tim (16 September 2019). "Elif Shafak: 'I thought the British were calm about politics. Not any longer'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Elif Shafak: Shafak, Elif (2 February 2017). "Happily married, 1,500 miles apart". Red. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
"Elif Şafak: Bugüne dek biseksüel olduğumu hiç söyleyemedim". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 15 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
Baum, Caroline (17 March 2010). "Breaking down the boundaries". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
"Elif Shafak". prix-litteraires.net. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
"First of three London Book Fair author spotlights announced: Elif Shafak". Hindustan Times. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
"Crime d'honneur, lauréat du Prix Relay 2013 - Prix Relay des Voyageurs Lecteurs". prixrelay.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
"Les auteurs". salonlivre-vernon.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
Kerr, Michael (30 April 2015). "Ondaatje Prize 2015: shortlist announced". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
"RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020 The Shortlist" (PDF). The Royal Society of Literature. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2021.
"Costa Book Awards shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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