![]() A fierce advocate for equality and freedom of speech, her views have brought her into conflict with the increasingly repressive government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Shafak, who is sometimes described as Turkey’s most famous female writer, has a reputation for outspokenness. A sycamore or horse chestnut-induced sense of perspective could be just what the pair of us need. We’re both slightly anxious, I think, Shafak because she arrived for our meeting a tiny bit late, and me because this cafe in Holland Park is so noisy and crowded (we can’t sit outside because yet another violent summer squall has just blown in). Perhaps they can help us to have a calmer, wiser angle on things.” In unison, we turn our heads towards the window. I f trees could talk, what might they tell us? “Well,” says the Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak, smiling at me over a cup of mint tea, her long hair a little damp from the rain. ![]()
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