Three countries have now chosen to boycott this year's Nobel ceremony. First up was Kosovo who also called on Albania to do the same.

The Swedish Academy's choice of Nobel Laureate in 2019 has been far from uncontroversial and the debate over whether the author Peter Handke should have been awarded the award has been going on full force since the announcement on October 10.

The Turkish Ministry of Defense has previously condemned the award of the 2019 Nobel Prize to Peter Handke, writing that the reason is that "Handke, is a denier of the Bosnian genocide and a strong supporter of Milosevic who was the perpetrator of the Bosnian genocides and the murderer of our Bosnian brothers" .

Handke denies the charges

On Monday, the Embassy of Turkey in Sweden confirmed that Ambassador Emre Yunt will also not be present during the ceremony, where the cause is stated to be the choice of literary prize winner.

In an earlier interview with SVT, Handke has firmly denied the allegations that he denied the genocide in Srebrenica.