I found this insightful interview with Pamuk published in
The Paris Review in 2005.
http://www.theparisreview.org/interv...87-orhan-pamuk
Some interesting questions asked by the interviewer are:
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What inspired you to write The White Castle? It’s the first book where you employ a theme that recurs throughout the rest of your novels—impersonation. Why do you think this idea of becoming somebody else crops up so often in your fiction?
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Do you believe the constant confrontation between Turkey’s Eastern and Western impulses will ever be peacefully resolved?
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