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Volume 7, Number 5
16 October 2000






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Presidents Meet at Bilkent
Last week, Vaclav Havel, Czech President, was awarded an honorary doctorate at Bilkent University in a ceremony graced by the presence of Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of the Turkish Republic.

Havel, known for his literary work, was presented the honorary doctorate degree by Prof. Abdullah Atalar, Acting Rector. After the ceremony, Havel answered some of the questions posed by the audience. One of the questions sought an explanation as to how he had managed to write his books during the time of his imprisonment by Czech authorities. He replied that as all his work was censored by the authorities, he had to develop a very complicated language in order to communicate. This he achieved through his prison letters. "If it was complicated," he said, "they did not understand it so they let it go out!" So, he ended up writing his books in a complicated series of letters!

Havel said that he was very happy to have received the doctorate degree and to see the presence of a great many people at the ceremony. He also hoped to develop deeper relations with Turkey in the future.
Afterwards, the two presidents left the ceremony followed by a flood of media professionals!

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