There’s been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in turkey as well. — Orhan Pamuk
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with. — Orhan Pamuk
I really don’t want to portray the islamists as simply evil, the way it’s often done in the west. — Orhan Pamuk
I see turkey’s future as being in europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries. — Orhan Pamuk
My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn’t want to give up all the things he came to value in the west. — Orhan Pamuk
The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent — Orhan Pamuk
The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation. — Orhan Pamuk
Well, on the one hand the turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity — Orhan Pamuk