NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Elif Shafak about her book, "The Island of Missing Trees." It's about the trauma of civil war imperiling future generations. The well-traveled novelist Elif Shafak once ...

In a lengthy post, singer Elif reported on her illness. She fell into a deep depression in recent weeks and her condition was ...

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 ...

When Elif Shafak's novel The Bastard of Istanbul was published in her home country, the best-selling author was was accused of "public denigration of Turkishness." She was eventually acquitted. As ...

Once charged with "insulting Turkishness," bestselling author Elif Shafak doesn't mince words. She tells DW why Turkey must stay close to the EU and why she is a linguistic "commuter." DW: In 2008, ...

Elif Shafak is a writer whose work is still, for many, a secret treasure trove. You know of her, you’ve read reviews, but, falling as it does just outside the comfort zone for many English-language ...

Paul Sánchez's hero is Quincy Jones, who started his music career as a trumpeter and went on to become one of the greatest music producers of all time. Last fall, Paul, a 25 year-old Ecuadorian ...

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 ...