@article{2016,title={A FEMINISTIC APPROACH TO ELIF SHAFAK’S THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL},abstractNode={The noteworthy novel of Elif Şafak The Bastard of Istanbul (2007) which sets out the lives of two distinctive families is significant for including feministic components in a wide perspective. Zeliha the younger daughter of the Kazancı family who is independent, obstinate and does whatever she wants is raped and has a daughter by the only son of this family, his brother Mustafa. As she has a daughter without getting married, always condemned to be the “black sheep” of the family; and she gathers virtually all the feministic components on her character, and in a male dominant and patriarchal society, demonstrates how a woman can exist i},author={Kader GÜZEL},year={2016},journal={The Journal of Social Sciences}}