Reclamation of the Istanbul City and the Migrant Flâneuse in Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

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The paper argues that Elif Shafak’s novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, constructs a counter-narrative to Istanbul’s existing narratives as a cosmopolitan city by recounting the lived bodily experiences of a migrant flâneuse.