The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.
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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
There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
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Of course I'm for Turkey joining the EU. But it's too simple to say that will make us all well-off and solve all our problems. Since the referendums in France and the Netherlands, Europe is preoccupied with itself. Various ideas are competing with one another about the character of the Union. Will Europe define itself exclusively through the past This is a conservative view and can ultimately be reduced to discussions on agricultural policy and the distribution of funds. This is always the case with short-term politics. But in the long term Europe needs an all-encompassing vision of itself and for that reason I recommend that Turkey joins.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I talk to younger people and they say, 'Where is this melancholy city you talk about My Istanbul is a sunny place.
Orhan Pamuk
There is no doubt that it will raise questions about the wisdom of Turkey's EU membership bid. How can it possibly claim to be a European country if it has such laws on the books, and if public prosecutors can bring such cases
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