Ekin Oklap translates from Turkish and Italian. She was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk.
‘In the part of the world where I come from, Europe is not just an ideal and a beautiful dream’ Translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap.
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