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Honor by Elif shafak’s novel is a bold and astonishing novel about the patriarchal view of Turkish society on issues such as the love of women, family and children.

In this book, Elif Shafak tells the life story of Turkish and immigrant families who have experienced cultural differences and contradictions in the European country of London and are confronted with the changes they must make in the face of a new culture and society.
The book Honors Turkish Migration and describes the cultural differences between Turkish men and women and foreigners. Another theme of this novel is the issue of honor and zeal that has involved most of the characters in the story and Shafak has reached its peak in a character named Alexander.
The story begins when Pembe and Adam Toprak left Turkey to go to London to build a new life for their family. But they took with them all the cultures and traditions that existed in Turkey to London.
Traditions and beliefs that flow in their blood and to their children …
According to Shafak, immigration cannot destroy the education that is rooted in the essence of an Eastern human being.
Wherever a Turk migrates anywhere in the world, he carries with him his traditions and beliefs. He feels no responsibility for his behavior and resists accepting the culture of the host country.
Elif افafak, author of the book Sharafat, was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1971 and came to Istanbul with his mother less than a year after his birth due to the separation of his parents.
She has been in exile for many years because of her mother’s job, so she has traveled to many countries. He touches on the racist behavior of the British and in this novel deals with the racist behavior of the British people towards foreigners.

Part of the text of the book of honor
Modern mate. They do not have time to cook. They work all day. In the evening, they eat a few cans, mix them with salad dressing, and then name it dinner.
Meral wondered what kind of women they were. What kind of families were they? Even the women on the covers of men’s magazines did not surprise her as much as these unmarried wives.
The girls in those magazines must have been either deceived or paid a lot of money to dress in their birth clothes.
They had fallen; I wish God would help them find the right path. Modern wives were certainly not victims.
They earned money, drove cars, wore clothes regularly, and some even had children; But they never even made green pepper jam for their wives.
Meral thought to himself that he was doing the same now. Of course, it was hidden and nothing was clear. There was an independent state in Pamba that Meral could not understand exactly why, a stream of rebellion in a sea of calm. But Pembe’s wife was not good.
He had not been seen for ten months, and before that he was not exactly far from his family. Meral’s wife was not like that at all.
In the novel Sharafak, افafak tells the story of Turkish and immigrant families who have experienced cultural contradictions and contradictions in London’s European society and are resisting the changes that are necessary to live in a new society.
Pambe and Adam Toprak, who left Turkey for London to build a new life for their family. But they also took Turkey with them to London.
Traditions and beliefs that flow in their blood and have given these beliefs to their children, Alexander and Asma. Beliefs and traditions that ultimately lead to a criminal incident for the family. The mother of the family is killed by her son.
In this book, Alif افafak deals with the migration of Turks and the cultural contradictions between Turkish men and women and foreigners. Another central theme of the novel is the theme of honor and zeal, which has involved most of the characters in the story and has reached its peak in a character named Alexander.
According to this author, immigration cannot destroy the education that is rooted in the essence of an Eastern human being.
A Turkish immigrant, wherever he is in the world, carries his roots here and there with him. He feels no responsibility for his behavior and resists accepting the culture of the host country.
“Honor” is a request to eliminate violence from the existence of an Eastern man, and with this book, the author has been able to show the patriarchal view of Turkish society on issues such as love, women, family and children.
Shafak, having been in exile for many years and now living most of the year in London, has experienced the racist behavior of some British people, and in his novel Sharafat, he has taken a look at the racist behavior of the British people towards foreigners.
The novel, written by the famous and best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak, tells the epic story of family, love and misunderstandings that change the fate of two twin girls who were born in a Kurdish village. .
As Jamila decides to become a midwife, her sister travels to London in search of her Turkish husband, where they think they can make a wonderful living for themselves and their children.
“Alif Shafaq” is a young Turkish writer who is best known for his book The Nation of Love, but it is interesting to know that he has written more than 15 books by Alif Shafak, 10 of which are volumes. It is a novel. The Three Daughters of Eve is another of his works.
Biography of Elif افafak, the author of honor in his own language!
In a speech on Ted, Alif افafak describes his biography as follows: A year after my birth, my parents separated and I went to Istanbul with my mother from Strasbourg, France, and I lived in my grandmother’s house. This new life shaped my thoughts and ideas.
I witnessed my grandmother’s thoughts as an illiterate, religious and superstitious person with a hot bead and a hot coffee’s fortune. Islami, with the patriarchal atmosphere that prevails, has been able to shape my personality.
My mother worked as a diplomat in Turkey, and because of my mother’s job, I spent my school years in Madrid and Oman, and my teenage years in the United States and Britain, and that helped me connect more with the big cities. Choose as my second language.
Elif افafak says in another part of his conversation that in addition to physical relocation and gaining experience about the thoughts and ideas of people from different countries, traveling in the language and culture of countries has helped me to create a story in a way that is acceptable. Become different cultures.
In all of Elif افafak’s works you can see the impact of life in big cities, especially Turkey.
Istanbul according to Elif افafak
She is like an old woman whose heart is young and who is thirsty and hungry for new and fresh stories and tales. “Istanbul may, not intellectually but intuitively, make people realize that East and West are ultimately imaginary concepts that can be dismantled or recreated,” he said.
East and West are not water and oil. They can mix, and this happens in a city like Istanbul in a surprising, intense and continuous way.

In a piece he wrote for the BBC:
“Istanbul is like a big colorful matryoshka, when you open it you will find another doll. You open it only to find another doll in it. Istanbul is a hall of mirrors. Where nothing is what it seems. One must be vigilant when talking about Istanbul. “If there is one thing that this city does not like, it is the cliché.”
How did I become a writer ?!
In her TED talk, Elif افafak tells a story that might be considered the beginning of her writing. “I think the art of storytelling is one of the ways we go beyond the forbidden,” he explains.
Stories do not have the ability to remove obstacles, but they can create holes in our mental circles so that we can take a quick look at others through these holes and sometimes even like something.
When I was eight, I started writing stories. One day my mother came home with a turquoise notebook and asked me if I would like to have a diary.
When I go back in time, I think my mother was a little worried about my sanity because I was constantly arguing at home.
Of course, this in itself was not a worrying and unreasonable thing to do, and the worrying thing was that I was telling these stories to my imaginary friends, and it did not seem like an interesting thing.
I was an introvert who interacted with my crayons and apologized to them when I came in contact with distant objects.
Given these events, my mother thought to herself that this might make me write about my daily experiences and feelings.
What my mother did not know was that my life was too dull for me, and writing about myself was the last thing I wanted to do.
Instead, I started writing about people other than myself and things that never really happened. In this way, my constant passion for storytelling began, and from the very beginning, storytelling was less like a biography for me, and more of a spiritual journey into the lives of others.
This famous author also has non-fiction works in which there is a wide range of subjects. In nonfiction books, Elif افafak deals with issues such as identity, gender, coexistence, and so on.
1- Introducing the book on YouTube
2- Introducing the book in Aparat
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