from the Plain) (1960) Yer Demir Gök Bakır (Iron Earth, Copper Sky) (1963) Ölmez Otu (The Undying Grass) (1968) Ince Memed II (They Burn the Thistles) (1969) Akçasazın Ağaları/Demirciler Çarşısı Cinayeti (The Agas of Akchasaz Trilogy/Murder in the Ironsmiths Market) (1974) Akçasazın Ağaları/Yusufcuk Yusuf (The Agas of Akchasaz Trilogy/Yusuf, Little Yusuf) (1975) Yılanı Öldürseler (To Crush the Serpent) (1976) Al Gözüm Seyreyle Salih (The Saga of a Seagull) (1976) Allahın Askerleri (God’s Soldiers) (1978) Kuşlar da Gitti (The Birds Have Also Gone: Long Stories) (1978) Deniz Küstü (The Sea-Crossed Fisherman) (1978) Hüyükteki Nar Ağacı (The Pomegranate on the Knoll) (1982) Yağmurcuk Kuşu/Kimsecik I (Kimsecik I – Little Nobody I (1980); also published as "Salman the Solitary" (1997) Kale Kapısı/Kimsecik II (Kimsecik II – Little Nobody II)(1985) Kanın Sesi/Kimsecik III (Kimsecik III – Little Nobody III) (1991) Fırat Suyu Kan Akıyor Baksana (Look, the Euphrates is Flowing with Blood) (1997) Karıncanın Su İçtiği (Ant Drinking Water) (2002) Tanyeri Horozları (The Cocks of Dawn) (2002) Epic Novels Üç Anadolu Efsanesi (Three Anatolian Legends) (1967) Ağrıdağı Efsanesi (The Legend of Mount Ararat) (1970) – the base of the opera Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi 1971 Binboğalar Efsanesi (The Legend of the Thousand Bulls) (1971) Çakırcalı Efe* (The Life Stories of the Famous Bandit Çakircali) (1972) Reportages Yanan Ormanlarda 50 Gün (Fifty Days in the Burning Forests) (1955) Çukurova Yana Yana (While Çukurova Burns) (1955) Peribacaları (The Fairy Chimneys) (1957) Bu Diyar Baştan Başa (Collected reportages) (1971) Bir Bulut Kaynıyor (Collected reportages) (1974) Experimental Works Ağıtlar (Ballads) (1943) Taş Çatlasa (At Most) (1961) Baldaki Tuz (The Salt in the Honey) (1959–74 newspaper articles) Gökyüzü Mavi Kaldı (The Sky remained Blue) (collection of folk literature in collaboration with S. Eyüboğlu) Ağacın Çürüğü (The Rotting Tree) (Articles and Speeches) (1980) Yayımlanmamış 10 Ağıt (10 Unpublished Ballads) (1985) Sarı Defterdekiler (Contents of the Yellow Notebook) (Collected Folkloric works) (1997) Ustadır Arı (The Expert Bee) (1995) Zulmün Artsın (Increase Your Oppression) (1995) Children's Books Filler Sultanı ile Kırmızı Sakallı Topal Karınca (The Sultan of the Elephants and the Red-Bearded Lame Ant) (1977) Awards and distinctions Literature prizes "Seven Days in the World's Largest Farm" reportage series, Journalist's Association Prize, 1955 Varlik Prize for Ince Memed ("Memed, My Hawk"), 1956 Ilhan Iskender Award for the play adapted from his book of the same name, Teneke ("The Drumming-Out"), 1966 The International Nancy Theatre Festival – First Prize for Uzun Dere ("Long Brook"),