Boyd Tonkin called her “A writer who weds the modern and the mystic,” when he interviewed her for the Independent newspaper in July 2007. On the occasion of her nomination for the Orange Prize, bianet ...

In a move hailed as a victory for freedom of speech, a Turkish court acquitted Elif Shafak, a UA assistant professor in Near Eastern Studies, saying there was no evidence that she “”insulted ...

Best-seller Turkish author Elif Safak asked to testify for new book Father and Bastard. Safak and Metis Publishing House may be tried for insulting Turkishness after prosecution concludes ...

Elif Shafak, a UA assistant professor in the Near Eastern studies department, was acquitted Thursday of charges brought against her by the government of Turkey. She had been charged with “”insulting ...

Turkeys internationally acclaimed writer Elif Shafak got acquitted on the first hearing today from charges of insulting Turkishness in her last novel. Numerous intellectuals and activists supported ...