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Turkish Nobel laureate says there is immense political pressure in Turkey
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, said in an interview that there was immense political pressure in Turkey...
The Swedish Academy defends Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk
The Swedish Academy, which chooses the Nobel Laureates in Literature, said Monday it was following the case against Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, who...
PEN International calls on Turkish authorities not to prosecute Nobel laureate Pamuk for his writings
Turkish authorities should not charge Nobel laureate and PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk with “insulting” Atatürk and the Turkish flag, PEN International said...
Nobel laureate Pamuk investigated on charges of insulting Atatürk, flag
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk on allegations of insulting the founder of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and...
Conversion of Hagia Sophia into mosque a message against secularism, Orhan Pamuk says
Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk has said the Turkish government’s decision to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is a message against...
Aide says Erdoğan wasn’t targeting Nobel laureate Pamuk with ‘terrorist’ remark
Fahrettin Altun, the
head of Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate, has said Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was not referring to Nobel Prize winning Turkish
novelist Orhan Pamuk...
Erdoğan implies Nobel laureate Pamuk is a ‘terrorist’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday implied that
Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk is a “terrorist,” saying that the Nobel committee
gave the prize to a “terrorist...
Turkish teacher investigated for recommending novel by Nobel Prize winner
A literature teacher in İstanbul revealed to the BirGün newspaper that they had come under investigation for recommending “The Museum of Innocence” by Orhan...
[OPINION] Sedat Peker, Erdoğan’s mafia leader ally, is spreading his wings
Abdullah BozkurtThe president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has contracted some of his clandestine operations to mafia leaders who have apparently pledged to serve...
‘Merciless, unjust and unfair,’ author Pamuk says of conviction of journalists
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and a Nobel laureate in literature, has criticized the aggravated life sentences handed down to six journalists including...
Nobel laureate Pamuk: I don’t want to be silent while newspapers are shuttered in Turkey
Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk said on Wednesday that he cannot keep silent while there is tremendous political pressure on dissent and newspapers critical...
Hürriyet refuses to publish interview with author Pamuk for saying ‘no’ in referendum
One of the leading newspapers in Turkey, the Hürriyet daily, has refused to publish an interview with Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and...