EU's commissioner for enlargement met Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish novelist, to discuss Turkey's record on free speech.

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And there's a heated debate this year, according to international newspapers, over whether to honor Turkish author Orhan Pamuk.

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The question has consumed the country since Orhan Pamuk became the first Turk to win the Nobel prize for literature (or indeed any Nobel).

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It's by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and it's called Snow.

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Sense of the City can be heard on the BBC World Service programme The World Today until Friday 8 August, and includes Orhan Pamuk talking about Istanbul, Romesh Gunesekera on Colombo, and Zadie Smith looking at London.

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