This novel was published with the title Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları (Mr. Cevdet and His Sons) in 1982, and won the Orhan Kemal Novel Prize in 1983.
Romaani ilmestyi nimellä Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları (Herra Cevdet ja hänen poikansa) 1982 ja sai Orhan Kemalin romaanipalkinnon 1983.