The Presence of Alien Culture and Changing Traditional Paradigms in Orhan Pamuk’s the Museum of Innocence

The paper attempts to analyse the influence of western culture and its subsequent effect in Turkey as they are reflected in Orhan Pamuk's work The Museum of Innocence. The novel largely exposes the social dynamics of Turkey and the subtle aspects of cross-cultural interaction. Ataturkian project of modernisation and westernisation brought about significant changes in Turkish society. In the novel, Pamuk clearly visualises the ambiguous nature of oriental culture and the traumatic aspects of westernised Turkish identity and, thereby, providing a large narrative of the eastern eye-view of the west.