In 1957 he was conscripted, his daughter Işık was born, a year later, Fakir won Yunus Nadi Novel Award by his first published novel "Yılanların Öcü" ("Revenge of the Snakes"). However he and committee of the Yunus Nadi Award were prosecuted due to this decision. After this prosecution, Fakir began writing for "Cumhuriyet" which is a secular and republican Turkish daily newspaper. Fakir was unseated by virtue of his articles in "Cumhuriyet", after removal of authoritarian Democrat Party by succeeded coup d'état, Fakir had chance to get back on task; he was assigned to Education Inspector of Primary Schools in Ankara and his book "Efkar Tepesi" ("Hill of Pensiveness") was published.