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Turkey congratulates Orhan Pamuk for winning 2006 Nobel Prize for literature

13 October 2006 [12:03] - TODAY.AZ
Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday congratulated prominent novelist Orhan Pamuk who won the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature, saying the prize would make valuable contributions to promotion of Turkish literature in the world.

A statement issued by the foreign ministry welcomed the Swiss Academy's decision to award Turkish writer Pamuk the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature.

"He themed his books with elements coming from Turkey's history. We congratulate him. We believe that the prize will make valuable contributions to promotion of Turkish literature in the world," the statement said. Xinhua

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