PARIS
France presented Nobel laureate Turkish author Orhan Pamuk with the Legion d'honneur order of merit on Monday, October 29 in a ceremony held in Paris.
French Minister of Culture and Communication Aurelie Filippetti presented the order of merit to Pamuk on behalf of France.
Speaking at the ceremony, Filippetti said that Pamuk was a distinguished author whose books have been translated into many languages and were read by millions across the globe.
Pamuk, in his part, said that he loved writing books.
Touching on Turkish-French relations, Orhan Pamuk stressed that the Ottoman-Turks looked at France as a model in political Westernization.
