His historical novel Beyaz Kale (The White Castle), published in Turkish in 1985, won the 1990 Independent Award for Foreign Fiction and extended his reputation abroad.
Novel historisnya, Beyaz Kale (Kastil Putih), terbit dalam bahasa Turki pada 1985, memenangkan Penghargaan Independen untuk Fiksi Asing 1990 dan memperluas reputasinya di luar negeri.