Immersing Oneself In The Problems Of A

Let Everyone Know, I Lived A Very Happy Life.

More Than Anything I Am A Novelist. But For Me, An Author's Job Is Not Only To Create Linguistically Accomplished Works. As An Author I Also Want To Stimulate Discussion.

My Religion Is Complicated. Literature Is My True Religion. After All, I Come From A Completely Non-religious Family.

...the Endless Repetition Of An Ordinary Miracle.

It Was In Cihangir That I First Learned Istanbul Was Not An Anonymous Multitude Of Walled-in Lives - A Jungle Of Apartments Where No One Knew Who Was Dead Or Who Was Celebrating What - But An Archipelago Of Neighbourhoods In Which Everyone Knew Each Other.