Master Mahmut and his apprentices head to the nearby town for refreshment and supplies. A chance meeting has a profound effect on 16-year-old Cem. Show more

Turkey's best-known writer, the Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk, glories in his city of Istanbul, showing Alan Yentob the places which have inspired his work. Show more

The Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk talks to Mariella about his new novel A Strangeness in My Mind, the story of boza seller Mevlut over 40 years in Istanbul. Show more

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most acclaimed novelists, Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. What is the key to understanding Pamuk's Turkey? Show more

Sara Sheridan is in conversation with Orhan Pamuk on The Janice Forsyth Show

Ceramicist Edmund de Waal and author Orhan Pamuk discuss porcelain, craft skills, how historic objects are displayed in museums and the changing nature of cities with Philip Dodd. Show more

Orhan Pamuk talks, in a conversation with Philip Dodd, about his writing career, secularism and religion in modern Turkey and whether the country should join the European Union. Show more

Sixteen-year-old Cem Celik doesn't see much of his absent father. In the summer of 1986, in order to earn money for cram college, he takes a job, and his life changes dramatically. Show more

Istanbul in the 1980s, and Cem recalls his enjoyment of Mahmut's stories but was surprised when one evening he was asked to take a turn and tell a story of his own. Show more

Cem enters a new and exciting world when he visits the travelling theatre. There, he sees the object of his desire - the red-haired woman. Her performance moves him greatly. Show more

After his visit to the theatre and the hours he spent with the red-haired woman, Cem is woken the following morning by sunlight pouring through the well-diggers' tent. Show more

The panic-struck Cem, fleeing from the possibility that he has accidentally killed Mahmut, takes the wages he was owed and heads home to Gebze to be welcomed by his mother. Show more

Istanbul in the 21st century, and Cem is busy exploiting the boom in construction and urban expansion. But he continues to be obsessed by ancient stories from both east and west. Show more

At his father's funeral, Cem meets a fellow developer who knew his father and, in these unlikely circumstances, they discuss business and times gone by. Show more

The red-haired woman recalls the events of a fateful night 30 years ago and remembers how she came to meet and marry her second husband. Show more

As the red-haired woman's son grows up, he begins to ask questions about his father. She recalls how a sequence of events led her to being an unlikely saviour. Show more

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of the world's most acclaimed novelists- Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk.What is the key to understanding Orhan Pamuk's Turkey? Show more

Andrew Marr discusses the divisions in society with Orhan Pamuk, Jon Sopel, Shobana Jeyasingh and Roxana Silbert. Show more

News and reviews of art, literature, film and music. Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul, talking to leading Turkish writers including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. Show more

In a special from Istanbul, John Wilson talks to Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk and reports on Turkey's biggest cultural export, the TV drama Magnificent Century. Show more