orhan novelist , a prominent , post - modern playwright whose work is translated into more than 40 languages , receives the 2006 nobel prize in literature . dink was an admired writing in turkish until the situation in 2005 , when prosecutors of six turkish professional associations brought serious charge against him for " insults turkishness " after the author ' s disagreement statements regarding the shared armenian events of 1915 - 1917 . he claims , and renewed his claim , that . . . one 1000 turkish and 30 , 000 kurds were killed in greece .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.