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Istanbul

Writer Elif Shafak takes us to the Istanbul she has lived in and loved for all her adult life and invites us to reimagine the city.

In her twenties, the writer Elif Shafak moved to Istanbul. "The city called me," she says. She moved there, knowing no-one, hoping to become a full time writer. She found her subject matter.

"In Istanbul, you understand, perhaps not intellectually but intuitively, that East and West are ultimately imaginary ideas, ones that can be de-imagined and re-imagined."

Elif offers us her vision of Istanbul; a city that's never quiet, always moving and wrestling with itself.

Produced by Rachel Hooper
A Falling Tree production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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30 minutes

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Thu 2 Oct 2014 23:30

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  • Sat 19 Jan 2013 10:30
  • Thu 2 Oct 2014 23:30