“He Are the People”
| Title | “He Are the People” |
| Year for Search | 2019 |
| Authors | Shafak, Elif(b. 1971) |
| Secondary Title | McSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D. |
| Volume / Edition | 58 |
| Pagination | 88-97 |
| Date Published | 2019 |
| Publisher | McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern |
| Place Published | San Francisco, CA |
| Keywords | Female author, Turkish author |
| Annotation | 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. |
| Illustration | Illus. Wesley Allsbrook |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female author was born in France, raised and educated in Turkey, holds a PhD in Political Science from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and has taught in Turkey, the US, and the UK, where she is an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford. |
| Full Text | 2019 Shafak, Elif (b. 1971). “He Are the People.” Illus. Wesley Allsbrook. McSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D. (San Francisco, CA: McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, 2019), 88-97. PSt 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. The female author was born in France, raised and educated in Turkey, holds a PhD in Political Science from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and has taught in Turkey, the US, and the UK, where she is an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford. |
