The Bastard of Istanbul

This story is originally written by the author Elif Shafak. I do not own the rights to this book.

Elif Shafak is one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken novelists. She was born in 1971 and is the author of six novels, most recently "The Saint of Incipient Insanities, The Gaze and The Flea Palace, and one work of non-fiction.
She teaches at the University of Arizona and divides her time between the US and Istanbul.