especially tho the charges were dropped on winter 22 , 2006 , his nobel prize reception continues to provoke mixed feelings of concern and anger of turks . on the other hand , as pamuk intended , the criminal charge attracted local attention to freedom of speech in turkey . in his nobel speech , he defined literature as : . . . what a person develops : he paralyzes himself up in a rooms , sits down at a table , and withdraws to a corner to express his thoughts - that is , the essence of literature . . . when a character suspends himself up in a room for years on end , with this gesture he suggested a one man , a world without a centre .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.