My Name Is Red (Turkish: "Benim Adım Kırmızı" ) is a 1998 Turkish novel by writer Orhan Pamuk translated into English by Erdağ Göknar in 2001.
 Pamuk would later receive the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
 The novel, concerning miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591, established Pamuk's international reputation and contributed to his Nobel Prize.
 The influences of Joyce, Kafka, Mann, Nabokov and Proust and above all Eco can be seen in Pamuk's work.
Can Yayınları (English: "Life Publications") is a publishing company based in Istanbul, Turkey.
 It has published authors including Orhan Pamuk, Metin Kaçan and Hikmet Temel Akarsu.
 It publishes both fiction and non-fiction books.
 It is a member of the Turkish Publishers Association.
The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by author Mary Doria Russell.
Children of God is the second book, and the second science fiction novel, written by author Mary Doria Russell.
 It is the sequel to the award-winning novel, "The Sparrow".
Silent House (1983) is Orhan Pamuk's second novel published after "Cevdet Bey and His Sons".
 The novel tells the story of a week in which 3 siblings go to visit their grandmother in Cennethisar, a small town near Istanbul.
Mary Doria Russell (born August 19, 1950) is an American novelist.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk; born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
 One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
İletişim Yayınları (English: "Contact Publications") is an independent publishing company based in Istanbul, Turkey.
 It has published authors including Orhan Pamuk, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Cemil Meriç, Şerif Mardin, and Mehmet Murat Somer.
 It publishes both fiction and non-fiction books.
 It is a member of the Turkish Publishers Association.
Münevver Andaç (died 1998) was a translator of Turkish literature.
 She was the partner of the poet Nazim Hikmet and had a son with him named Mehmet.
 She translated Hikmet's work into French, as she did for many other Turkish writers.
 She was also responsible for introducing Orhan Pamuk to the Francophone world.
 Pamuk has acknowledged Andaç's role in making his work available in French.
The Museum of Innocence (Turkish: "Masumiyet Müzesi" ) is a museum in a 19th-century house in Istanbul created by novelist Orhan Pamuk as a companion to his novel "The Museum of Innocence".
 The museum and the novel were created in tandem, centred on the stories of two Istanbul families.
 On 17 May 2014, the museum was announced as the winner of the 2014 European Museum of the Year Award.

Question: Were Ferit Orhan Pamuk and Mary Doria Russell novelists from the same country?
Answer: no