U-Elif Shafak ( Turkish , pronounced [eˈlif ʃaˈfak] ; ozalwa 25 Okthoba 1971) is a -Turkish -British umlobi nesazi, umlobi, zezemfundo, isikhulumi saseningini, isazi sesayensi yezombangazwe kanye amalungelo abesifazane isishoshovu.Lapho kushicilelwa ngesiNgisi, igama lakhe lihunyushwa ngokuthi 'Elif Shafak'. UShafak ushicilele izincwadi eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili, okuyinhlanganisela yenganekwane nengamanga. Izindatshana ezingezona eziqanjiwe zikaShafak ngesiTurkey ziqoqwe ezincwadini ezintathu:IMed-Cezir (2005), iFirarperest (2010), i-Şemspare (2012) neSanma ki Yalnizsin (2017). Ngo-2020, uShafak washicilela ukuthi Ungahlala Kanjani Sane ku-Age of Division. UShafak uke wahlala e- Istanbul, nase-United States — eBoston, eMichigan nase- Arizona — ngaphambi kokuthuthela e- UK.UShafak uhlale eLondon kusukela ngo-2013, kodwa ukhuluma "ngokuthwala i-Istanbul emphefumulweni wakhe." UShafak ushade nentatheli yaseTurkey u- Eyüp Can Sağlık, owayengumhleli wephephandaba iRadikal, onendodakazi nendodana. Ngo-2017, uShafak waphuma njengowabesilisa nabesifazane. Her name is spelled Shafak (with the digraph ⟨sh⟩ in place of the ⟨ş⟩) on her books published in English, including the Penguin Books edition of "The Forty Rules of Love."