'Keep Calm and Keep Writing"

I moved to the UK about 14 years ago. In the beginning, I used to commute often between Istanbul and London. But as time passed, moon by moon, book by book, London became my home, the one place where I found the freedom to write, and Istanbul, as beloved as it is, evolved into a wisp of a dream, an aching in my heart.

Today, I do consider myself a Londo…