Orhan Pamuk on authoritarianism and pandemics, his new novel and Salman Rushdie’s attack

Orhan Pamuk is a renowned Turkish Nobel Prize winning author.

He is one of Turkey’s most acclaimed writers and has been openly critical of laws which curtail freedom of expression, particularly those which make it illegal to criticise Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

He joins Krishnan to talk about his new book, ‘Nights of Plague’, why he believes pandemics fuel authoritarianism and how he became an author.

Produced by : Joe Lord-Jones