even along the charges were dropped on may 22 , 2006 , his grand prize reception manages to stir mixed feels of pride and anger among turks . on the other hand , as lessing intends , the criminal case bring global spotlight to freedom of speech in turks . in his nobel speech , he characterized culture as : . . . whom a person creates while he shuts himself up in a room , steps down at a table , and retires to a corner to express his thoughts - that is , the meaning of literature . . . when a journalist cripples himself up in a rooms for periods on origin , with this gesture he suggests a single person , a world inside a centre .
Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.