While working at the radio, she founded the first private theater of Ankara, "Meydan Sahnesi", with her four friends (Kartal Tibet, Üner İlsever, Çetin Köroğlu, Nur Sabuncu).

The play Crack on the Roof was banned while it was being staged at the Ankara State Theater in 1965;[5] this event prompted her to write a novel.

All her works have been the subject of intense debate since her first novel, which examines the turmoil and changes in the recent history of Turkish society.

As soon as Bir Düğün Gecesi (A Wedding Night) (1979) and No (1989) were published, her second novel, Fikrimin İnce Gülü, was confiscated in its fourth edition.

[8] Ağaoğlu, who was prosecuted in 1981 on the charge of "insulting and defaming the military forces" about the novel Fikrimin İnce Gülü, was acquitted after two years of trial.

Ağaoğlu was among the founders of the Human Rights Association, which was founded in 1986, but resigned in July 2005, stating that the HRA had a one-sided racist-nationalist stance and saying, "They are following a pro-PKK policy.

During a panel held with various participants during the 2010 Constitutional Referendum, she was exposed to an egg attack by a group called Student Collectives.

[6] She was awarded an honorary doctorate by Boğaziçi University in 2018 for her contributions to the cultural and intellectual world of our country with her original and pioneering works in the field of Turkish novels.

[13] Ağaoğlu, who received intensive care treatment, died on 14 July 2020 due to multiple organ failure.