-one with a Muslim Turkish Cypriot, the other with an Orthodox Greek– and five children. Alev Alatlı's next works were two translations into Turkish of books by Edward Said titled "Covering Islam" (Haberlerin Ağında Islam) and "The Question of Palestine" (Filistin’in Sorunu), for which she was awarded with an honorary medal by Yaser Arafat. Her novella "İşkenceci" (The Torturer), published in 1987, served as a prelude to her next four novels Viva la Muerte! - Yaşasın Ölüm!) in 1992, ’Nuke’ Türkiye! (Nuke Turkey) in 1993, Valla, Kurda Yedirdin Beni! (You Sure Made Me Prey to the Wolves) in 1993 and O.K. Musti! Türkiye Tamamdır. (OK Mustafa, Turkey's Done!) in 1994. The highly realistic novel "Kadere Karşı Koy A.Ş." (Format your Fate Formidably, Inc.), another best seller by Alatlı, followed in 1995. Alev Alatlı's first poetry book "Eylül '98" (September 1998) came out in 1999. She wrote two futuristic books, "Kabus" (The Nightmare) in 1999 and "Rüya" (The Dream) in 2000 comprised by "Schrödinger's Cat". Alatlı's next novels "Grace over Enlightenment", "World Sentry" and "Eyy Uhnem! Eyy Uhnem!" are the first three books of a four-volume work on Russia called "Gogol’un İzinde" (On the Footsteps of Gogol). She was awarded in 2006 with the prize "Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov 100 Year in Literature" for her third novel in the series. Since 2002, she wrote bi-weekly a column in the conservative newspaper with a moderate Islamic worldview Zaman. In February 2008, an article of her on the women's Islamic headgear turban was not allowed to be published by the newspaper's editor-of-chief with the argument "our readers are not ready for that". A book published in 2003 under the title "Şimdi Değilse, Ne zaman?" (If not now, when?) brought out a collection of her articles appeared in the newspaper Zaman. Books Novels Aydın Despotizmi..., Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım (1982) Yaseminler Tüter mi Hala?, Everest Yayınları (1985) İşkenceci (1987) Viva la Muerte! - Yaşasın Ölüm! - Or'da Kimse Var mı? 1. Kitap, Everest Yayınları (1992) ’Nuke’ Türkiye!- Or'da Kimse Var mı? 2. Kitap, Everest Yayınları (1993) Valla, Kurda Yedirdin Beni! - Or'da Kimse Var mı? 3. Kitap, Everest Yayınları (1993) O.K. Musti! Türkiye Tamamdır. - Or'da Kimse Var mı? 4. Kitap, Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım (1994) Kabus - Schrödinger'in Kedisi 1. Kitap, Everest Yayınları (1999) Rüya - Schrödinger'in Kedisi 2. Kitap, Everest Yayınları (2000) Aydınlanma Değil, Merhamet! - Gogol'ün İzinde 1. Kitap, Everest Yayınları (2004)