Honour and Gender Differences in Elif Shafak's Honour

Abstract

Honour killings are a topic that deserves to be highlighted once we talk about Turkey. The wall of crimes in Turkey, which carries the shoes of many women who were killed because of honor, made this topic the talk of the hour and many writers are talking about it. Elif Shafak is a Turkish writer who spoke in her book ―Honour‖ about the injustice and discrimination between women and men in Turkish society, and about the importance of honour for Turks, even if their lives change and they migrate to another country, honor will remain embedded in them.