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Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk says so many innocent people in Turkish prisons

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk says so many innocent people in Turkish prisons

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 20, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk said Turkey has imprisoned so many innocent people in arbitrary ways very recently, leading him to feel guilty even when working. In an interview with the US-based Slate magazine on Aug 18, Pamuk said: “As I tell my girlfriend, all...
Nobel laureate Turkish author says cannot keep silence in face of ongoing political pressure

Nobel laureate Turkish author says cannot keep silence in face of ongoing political pressure

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 23, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk said on Wednesday that he cannot keep silent while there is tremendous political pressure on dissent and newspapers critical of the government are being closed down in Turkey. Speaking during a ceremony at St. Petersburg State...
Doğan’s flagship Hürriyet censors interview with Orhan Pamuk as Nobel laureate joins ‘No’ camp in referendum

Doğan’s flagship Hürriyet censors interview with Orhan Pamuk as Nobel laureate joins ‘No’ camp in referendum

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

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 a Nobel laureate in literature, because the author voiced his objection to a constitutional reform package to be voted in...

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