Awards
- 1979 Milliyet Press Novel Contest Award (Turkey) for his novel Karanlık ve Işık (co-winner)
- 1983 Orhan Kemal Novel Prize (Turkey) for his novel Cevdet Bey and His Sons
- 1984 Madarali Novel Prize (Turkey) for his novel The House of Silence
- 1990 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (United Kingdom) for his novel The White Castle
- 1991 Prix de la Découverte Européenne (France) for the French edition of Sessiz Ev : La Maison de Silence
- 1991 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkey) Best Original Screenplay Secret Face
- 1995 Prix France Culture (France) for his novel Kara Kitap : Le Livre Noir
- 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (France) for his novel My Name Is Red : Mon Nom est Rouge
- 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy) for his novel My Name Is Red
- 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (Ireland) for his novel My Name Is Red
- 2005 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Germany)
- 2005 Prix Médicis Etranger (France) for his novel Snow : La Neige
- 2005 Ricarda-Huch Prize
- 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature (Sweden)
- 2006 Washington University's Distinguished Humanist Award (United States)
- 2006 Puterbaugh Award (United States)
- 2008 Ovid Award (Romania)
Doctorates (Honoray Degrees)
- 2007 Free University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy and Humanities
- 2007 Tilburg University
- 2007 Boğaziçi University, Department of Western Languages and Literatures
- 2007 Georgetown University
- 2008 Madrid University
- 2003 American University of Beirut
Honours
- 2008 Membership of the American Academy for Arts and Literature
- 2008 Membership of the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences
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