even though the charges were released on january 22 , 2006 , his nobel prize nomination continues to provoke mixed looks of pride and anger among turks . on the other hand , as pamuk intended , the criminal case bring international attention to power of speech in turkey . in his nobel statement , he defining literature as : . . . what a writing creates when he cripples himself up in a closet , places down at a table , and retires to a room to express his thoughts - that is , the meaning of literature . . . when a writer shuts himself up in a room for summers on off , with this gesture he offers a unique life , a world lacked a centres .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.