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Turkish Language And Literature








 Orhan Pamuk to Meet His Readers on D&R Instagram


Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, one of the prominent novelists of Turkish literature, will meet with his readers in a live broadcast on the D&R official Instagram account on April 6, 2021 at 21:00. Orhan Pamuk will talk live about his latest novel Veba Geceleri.


Veba Geceleri, the latest novel by Orhan Pamuk, one of the famous writers of Turkish literature, was published by Yapı Kredi Publications in March. Orhan Pamuk will talk about his latest novel in a live broadcast on D&R Instagram under the moderation of the famous host Oylum Talu. Orhan Pamuk will talk about the preparation and writing process of his latest novel on live broadcast and answer the questions of his readers.
 
Veba Geceleri, which can be considered as a historical novel as a genre, handles the plague epidemic as a subject. The novel takes place on Minger Island, an imaginary Ottoman island around Crete-Cyprus-Rhodes, during the reign of Abdülhamit II. In 1901, the stories in the novel begin with the third plague epidemic in Minger Island, the 29th province of the Ottoman Empire. In the novel, Orhan Pamuk narrates the effect of the plague epidemic on people and especially on children within the framework of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.