Premi:
* 1977, Prize of the Turkish Language Academy
* 1986, the Abdi Ipekçi Prix for his contribution to the bringing together of Greeks and Turks)
* 1986, the Freedom Award by French PEN Club
* 1987, Haldun Taner Citation (with Tomris Uyar and Murathan Munhan)
* 1990, The prize for best international scenario by Radio France Internationale
* 1992, Struga Gold Plaque Award
* 2004, France-Turquie Literary Prize “Fernand Rouillon”
* 2004, Art and Literature Chivalry by French Government.[1]
Opere:
* Kadinlar Kitabi (Turkish women’s literature), 1975
* Uzun Sürmüs Bir Yaz (A Summer without End), 1976
* Ilk Kadin (The First Woman), 1986 and 2004
* Sevgilim Istanbul (Istanbul My Love), 1986
* Son Tramvay (The Last Tram), 1991
* Saint Nazaire Günlügü (The Newspaper of Saint-Nazaire), 1995
* Bogazkesen, Fatih’in Romani (The Conqueror), 1996
* Balkanlara Dönüs (Return to the Balkans), 1995
* Nâzim Hikmet ve Geleneksel Türk Yazisi (Nazim Hikmet and Turkish popular literature), 2000
* Yasar Kemal (Yachar Kemal—the novel of a transition), 2000 and 2005
* Aragon: Baskaldiridan Gerçege (The Perpetual Motion of Aragon—revolt dadaïste with the real world), 2000
* Sag Saglim Kavussak, Çocukluk Yillari (In the country of captive fish—a Turkish childhood), 2004
* Allah'in Kizlari (The Daughters of Allah), 2008.[1]