Turkish presidential spokesperson calls for withdrawal of Nobel prize from Handke

Peter Handke speaks at a press conference at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (TT News Agency via AP) Turkey’s Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın has criticized the Swedish Academy’s “shameless” choice of Austrian writer Peter Handke for the 2019 Nobel literature prize over his support for Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. “On … Continue reading Turkish presidential spokesperson calls for withdrawal of Nobel prize from Handke