at 18 or 25, i did not measure up to dostoevsky. not say they measured up to now, but i was certainly nowhere near that. it was by lowering my expectations of what i was going to do, and writing not a great, massive, tragic novel about the state of the world, but a comic novel about what it is like to be a midlands polytechnic lecturer. that is what i got going. what do you think changed for you, for a guy who wa nted think changed for you, for a guy who wanted to write in a literary fashion in his 20s, but could not find the means or the confidence? what changed for you ? find the means or the confidence? what changed for you? it was partly lowering not just my what changed for you? it was partly lowering notjust my expectations, but my ambitions. i could not write a great tragic novel, so i finally decided i would do something that i play could do, which was be funny. i knew i could be funny. i have been able to do essays at university that made my lecturers love. but these knobs on the literary world has never really rated funny.

dostoevsky said that we are responsible for everything and i think this is the moral, writerly thing.he other writers are doing, so they're, for example, going to courts, the doors of the courts, or back in. i also did, for example — there is this prominent intellectual, murat belge, whom i respect, he had a case — so i went there, i am there, it makes a difference. but in the end, let me tell you this, the biggest turkish newspaperjust before the referendum we had i think in march or april, asked to do an interview with me. i was very happy, this is the biggest turkish newspaper and they're going to publish my views and i'm going to say, no to the referendum, no to erdogan — very happy. we did a nice interview but then, just before the interview, the editor—in—chief, who is sort of a friend, called me to say, "i am sorry, we can't publish this" and really, i cannot accuse the editor too much, they are pressured so much and, in the end, they're all my friends. we are in the same atmosphere and i couldn't address my turkish readers. therefore, what fascinates me is you... this atmosphe

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