1966 -Theater adaptation from roman Iron Earth, Copper Sky. Madarli Novel Award for Demirciler Çarşısı ("Murder in the Ironsmith's Market"), 1974 Choix du Syndicat des Critiques Littéraires pour le meilleur roman etranger (Eté/Automne 1977) pour Terre de Fer, Ciel de Cuivre ("Yer Demir, Gök Bakır") Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger 1978 pour L'Herbe qui ne meurt pas (Ölmez Otu); Paris, Janvier 1979. Prix mondial Cino Del Duca decerné pour contributions a l'humanisme moderne; Paris, Octobre 1982. The Sedat Simavi Foundation Award for Literature; Istanbul, Turkey, 1985. Premi Internacional Catalunya. Catalonia (Spain), 1996 Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award for Courage in Response to Repression, Human Rights Watch, USA, 1996. Stig Dagerman Prize (), Sweden, 1997. Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, Frankfurt, Germany, 1997. International Nonino Prize for his collected works, Italy, 1997 Bordeaux, Prix Ecureuit de Littérature Etrangère, 1998 Z. Homer Poetry Award, 2003 Savanos Prize (Thessaloniki-Greece), 2003 Turkish Publishers' Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003 Presidential Cultural and Artistic Grand Prize, 2008 The Bjørnson Prize (), Norway, 2013. Decorations Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur de France; Paris, 1984. Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, 1989. Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur de France; Paris, 2011. Krikor Naregatsi Medal of Armenia, 2013. Honorary Doctorates Doctor Honoris Causa, Strasbourg University, France, 1991. Doctor Honoris Causa, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, 1992. Honorary Doctorate, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002 Honorary Doctorate, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 2009 Honorary Doctorate, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009 Honorary Doctorate, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014 References Obituary – New York Times 1923 births 2015 deaths Mass media freedom in Turkey Turkish Kurdish people People from Gökçedam Turkish novelists Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Turkish prisoners and detainees Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Deaths from multiple organ failure Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery 20th-century novelists