...does Orhan Pamuk use Alif - Ba - Džim for A - B - C in Benim adım kırmızı even though the Arabic alphabet begins Alif - Ba - Ta...?

because orhan pamuk is overrated

What makes you think so?

Simply he used the old Alphabetic sequence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet#Alphabetical_order

ps. we still use that sequence as numbers instead of 1,2,3...

"My Name is Red" is a self introduction by Orhan Pamuk, an announcement. That is what actually led to the Nobel Prize immediately.

Yes that must be it. Thank you, Nadya..

Ok burakk I finished the novel and I am ready for a little dispute.

Let´s see what you have to say.

Woohoo.. a fight!! I am getting my popcorns

I´ve heard about fights between spectators during tennis matches. But between readers of Orhan Pamuk?

a fight of brains