Ece Temelkuran is one of the Turkey's best-known novelists and political commentators. She has lived in several countries such as Lebanon and Tunisia to write her novels. Her investigative journalism books broach subjects that are highly controversial in Turkey, such as the Kurdish and Armenian issues and freedom of expression. She was a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford Saint Anthony's College, and has recently given the "Freedom Lecture" as a guest of Amnesty International and Prince Claus Foundation. She has been invited to London by English PEN and the Freeword Centre for residency. Her novel Dügümlere Üfleyen Kadinlar (Women who Blow on Knots) has won the PEN Translates award.