The Museum of Innocence

?Innocence of Memories,? a documentary film about Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk?s book ?Museum of Innocence? and its complementary museum in Istanbul, will have its world premiere at this year?s Venice International Film Festival. 

The 19th Ayd?n Do?an Award was presented to Turkey?s Nobel laureate writer Orhan Pamuk on April 16 at the Istanbul Hilton Hotel. 

The selection committee said Pamuk was rewarded for ?masterfully bringing together the eastern and western poles and being one of masters representing Turkish novels in the world.? 

Submerged in his new novel, Turkey's Nobel prize laureate Orhan Pamuk gazes out over the city of Istanbul, the main protagonist of his books, keeping a troubled eye over the development of his country.

Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations is hosting a new exhibition in which everyday objects, inspired by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence, are plucked from the intimate space of the museum and put back in Istanbul’s public space “The handkerchief in box 9 is Füsun’s white childhood handkerchief with embroidery on the corner.” Füsun,