British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak tells the BBC her writing is guided by intuition rather than a rigid plan.

ELIF Karaarslan is the stunning referee accused of being at the centre of a sex tape scandal that shocked Turkish football. The female official has been slapped with a lifetime ban after allegedly ...

This is an audio transcript of the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcasThe Island of Missing Treest episode: ‘Novelist Elif Shafak: ‘Writers are the memory keepers’’ Lilah Raptopoulos Welcome to Life ...

Tajianna Roberts, Mackenly Randolph and Elif Istanbulluoglu combined for 37 points in a 91-38 win for No. 23 Louisville women over Eastern Illinois on Friday night in the first game of a multi-team ev ...

Award-winning, Turkish-British author Elif Shafak is thrilled to be joining a host of celebrated authors – among them Sir Ian Rankin, Lee Child and Kate Mosse – as well as actresses Miriam Margolyes, ...

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Turkish citizens have taken to the streets to protest their government’s decision to withdraw from the European treaty on violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul Convention. As its ...

Batuman’s follow-up to “The Idiot” follows the same character into her second year at Harvard. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Maggie Shipstead EITHER/OR By Elif Batuman I’m not sure what I think about “Either/Or,” Elif ...

Before gorgeous Elif was a ref, she played for a famous European football club ELIF Karaarslan is the stunning referee accused of being at the centre of a sex tape scandal that shocked Turkish ...