even though the allegations were dropped on november 22 , 2006 , his nobel lecture reception continues to foster mingled perceptions of pride and fury among turks . on the other side , as pamuk intended , the criminal case brought international attention to freedom of speech in turkey . in his keynote speech , he defined literature as : . . . what a person creates when he shuts himself up in a room , places down at a seat , and retirement to a corner to express his thoughts - that is , the meaning of it . . . when a writer shuts himself up in a room for years on end , with this gesture he suggests a single humanity , a world without a heart .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.