@booklet {10713, title = {{\textquotedblleft}He Are the People{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {McSweeney{\textquoteright}s 58. 2040 A.D. }, volume = {58}, year = {2019}, month = {2019}, pages = {88-97}, publisher = {McSweeney{\textquoteright}s Quarterly Concern}, address = {San Francisco, CA}, abstract = {

The story is set in an Istanbul by climate change with most birds, insects, and plants dead. The wealthiest of all countries had formed an alliance and were planning to escape to another planet. Authoritarian dystopia in Turkey. Parliament dissolved itself giving all power to the President, who has renamed himself \“WeAreThePeople\” with the people now known as \“ThePresident\”. Voting based on education (the more educated get fewer votes), and age, with the elderly getting more votes and ethnic and sexual minorities getting the fewest votes. Refugees get no votes.

}, keywords = {Female author, Turkish author, UK author}, author = {Elif Shafak (b. 1971)} }