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Born and raised in Turkey, Elif Isik received her first MA degree in Comparative Literature and Criticism from Goldsmiths, University of London. She recently received her second MA degree from Bilkent University in Turkish Literature. She holds a BA in Comparative Literature from Istanbul Bilgi University. Her research interests include kinship, hybridity and canon formation in comparative literary studies mainly focusing on the circulation and translation of genre writing, most specifically of romance novels in the 20th century.