In 2012, the prize was awarded to Tahsin Yücel, in 2013 to sociologist Dilek Yankaya, in 2014 to Hakan Günday and in 2015 to Ahmet İnsel for his book "Erdoğan's new Turkey"
Ödül 2012’de Gecekondu romanıyla Tahsin Yücel’e, 2013’te sosyolog Dilek Yankaya’ya, 2014’te Ziyan romanıyla Hakan Günday’a, 2015’te Erdoğan’ın Yeni Türkiyesi kitabıyla Ahmet İnsel’e verilmişti.