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Postcards from Istanbul

Episode 2: Elif Shafak

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Turkish author Elif Shafak casts a writer's eye over Istanbul, considering the city's many identities and its many inhabitants, from the ghosts of the past to the real Istanbulites. Show more

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