title: Decode string with hex characters in python 2
body: <p>I have a hex string and i want to convert it utf8 to insert mysql. (my database is utf8)</p>
  
  <pre><code>hex_string = 'kitap ara\xfet\xfdrmas\xfd'
  ...
  result = 'kitap araştırması'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I do that?</p>