United Press International
May 5 2007
Pamuk receives honorary doctorate
Published: May 4, 2007 at 5:50 PM
BERLIN, May 4 (UPI) — One of the world’s most at-risk writers Friday
received an honorary doctorate in Berlin.
Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish author who has received numerous death threats
from ultra-nationalists in Turkey, in February had cancelled his
German book tour because of security concerns.
The decision at the time came after his friend, the Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, was murdered in Istanbul on Jan. 19. The
killer then threatened Pamuk in front of rolling cameras because he
had openly talked about what he sees as a genocide of Armenians in
Turkey some 100 years ago.
Berlin’s Free University on Friday awarded Pamuk an honorary
doctorate; Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, speaking at the ceremony,
said that Pamuk’s enemies "are all our enemies, and also the enemies
of Turkish European Union membership."
Pamuk, an author of novels and essays, in 2006 received the Nobel
Literature Prize.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
