These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
WorksThe White Castle; The Black Book; The New Life; My Name Is Red; Snow; Istanbul: Memories And The City; The Museum Of Innocence
AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Officer Of The Legion Of Honour; Peace Prize Of The German Book Trade; Prix Du Meilleur Livre Étranger; Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award For Best Original Screenplay; Grinzane Cavour Prize; International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Prix Médicis; Ovid Prize; Norman Mailer Prize