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Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 128 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Traditionally, we had a very rigid system of political representation. The opportunity to enter the EU shook everything up.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Politics | Clicks: 103 | Rank: 0 | Fav

These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Politics | Clicks: 123 | Rank: 0 | Fav

There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Feelings | Clicks: 174 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Religion | Clicks: 171 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 108 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Heredity | Clicks: 183 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The first edition was 100,000 copies, a huge economic risk for the publisher. I was quite proud of the fact that the book was not banned or censored.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Economy | Clicks: 222 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 119 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The average Turkish citizen longs both to join the EU and to see a strengthening of the traditional Turkish identity.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 105 | Rank: 0 | Fav

My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Hero | Clicks: 168 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Look here: I don't write a political novel to make propaganda for a particular cause.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Opinion | Clicks: 93 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Leaving aside the reactions to my comments on our past for a moment, one must say that we are now living in a different Turkey.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Opinion | Clicks: 119 | Rank: 0 | Fav

In the eighties I watched hard-line Marxists converting to political Islam after the collapse of their belief system.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Politics | Clicks: 111 | Rank: 0 | Fav

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: State | Clicks: 133 | Rank: 0 | Fav

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Country | Clicks: 114 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Can this phenomenon be put down to the collective subconscious, or to the practical cleverness of populist politicians.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Politics | Clicks: 99 | Rank: 0 | Fav

At some point they figured out that you can win elections with a pro-European policy because the voters hope this will improve their lives.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 113 | Rank: 0 | Fav

At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.

Author: Orhan Pamuk (1952) | Theme: Opinion | Clicks: 109 | Rank: 0 | Fav
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