Book Launch: "The Time of Mute Swans" by Ece Temelkuran

The Sakıp Sabancı Center was thrilled to host the book launch and discussion of Ece Temelkuran's recent novel The Time of Mute Swans, moderated by E. Efe, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University.

Ece Temelkuran, one of Turkey’s best-known novelists and political commentators, was a prominent investigative journalist before her controversial explorations of Kurdish and Armenian issues led to her dismissal. She was a visiting fellow at Oxford and delivered the Freedom Lecture as a guest of Amnesty International and the Prince Claus Foundation. She has contributed articles to the New York Times and the Guardian. Her books have been published in nineteen countries. She lives in Istanbul and Zagreb.

The Time of Mute Swans is a timely, bestselling novel about a military coup in Turkey, told through the eyes of two children, resonates deeply with events there today.

The event was held at Columbia University on 29 November, 2017.

More photos can be found in the event album here.