 He is the recipient of the Turkish Journalists' Association's , Sedat Simavi Social Sciences Award of 2006 for his book Neft and Petroleum in the Ottoman Empire, which is based on the meticulous research and investigation carried out for 13 years by Ediger on the petroleum phenomenon during the Ottoman Empire Era.The book, which appraises more than one hundred original documents obtained from the Ottoman Archives, also reviews almost all previous literature.In this context Neft and Petroleum in the Ottoman Empire is not only about the petroleum history but also about the energy history, discussing the major economical and political dynamics of energy resources.