1 hour ago · Turkey
‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Turkey. The first report grouped here was at 17 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novel For a long time Elif Shafak was referred to as Turkey’s “most widely read female author”. Today, she is surely simply its best loved.
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
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