Sait Faik foundation is still run by Darüşşafaka School, maintaining his Burgaz House as the Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum and since 1954 giving the annual Sait Faik Literature Prize to the best collection of short stories. The first Sait Faik Short Story prize winner was "Gazoz Ağacı" by Sabahattin Kudret Aksal and this most prestigious literary prize has been given so far to some of the best Turkish authors including Pınar Kür, Tomris Uyar, Füruzan and Nazlı Eray. Footnotes References External links Sait Faik Abasıyanık Translation of "Semaver" (The Samovar) into German by H. Ozkan Translation of a collection of Sait Faik's Short Stories by renowned translator Talat Halman Alcohol-related deaths in Turkey 1906 births 1954 deaths Turkish novelists Turkish male short story writers Deaths from cirrhosis Istanbul High School alumni People from Adapazarı 20th-century novelists 20th-century Turkish short story writers 20th-century male writers Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery