The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the intellect, caused ulcers, hernia and sterility; he understood that coffee was nothing but the Devil's ruse.

No one drives me into exile, not even the nationalists.

I think it's horrible that we Turks are always seen under the aspect of Islam first. I am constantly asked about religion, and almost always with a negative undercurrent that makes me furious.

It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?"

Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars.

A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.

Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents