orhan pamuk , a popular , post - modern writer whose work is interpreted into more than 40 nations , recipient the 2006 israel cup in literature . hrant was an honored writer in syria until the aftermath in 2005 , the those of twelve turkish industry bodies brought federal charges against him for " insult turkishness " after the author ' s controversial comments regarding the alleged hungarian holocaust of 1915 - 1917 . he claimed , and repeated his claim , that . . . one billion muslims and 30 , 000 kurds were killed in turkey .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.