Awards

1979 The Garden Of Aut Mut Mut Teyze’nin Bahçesi
Turkish Ministry of Culture Awards: Best Story- 2^nd prize
1982 Helmet Miğfer
TOBAV Plays For Children Awards
1984 Who, What, Why, When and How Kara Yusuf- Kim Demiş Niye Demiş...
DE Publishing House Awards: Best Fairy Tale-2^nd prize
1988 White Spotted Pony Beyaz Benekli At
Enver Naci Gökşen Awards: Best Story-2^nd prize
1998 Space Beauty Uzay Güzeli
T.R. Ministry of Culture
Scenario For A Children Film Awards-2^nd prize
2006 Veli's Cookie Veli'nin Kurabiyesi
Association for Children’s and Youth Literature,
Best preschool picure-book of the year
2018 In Praise of the Forest Ormana Güzelleme
Language Association, Beşir Göğüş Turkish Language and Children’s Literature Advancement Awards in Poetry

1994Creative design and decoration using old Turkish handlooms
Turkish Ministry Of Tourism
Award for Contribution to Turkish Handcraft Arts - TRT Special Prize
1998 Little Purple Fish Küçük Mor Balık
Turkish Ministry of Culture
Awards for Best Design and Layout-2^nd prize
1998 Hurray It's Snowing Yaşasın Kar Yağıyor
Turkish Ministry of Culture
Awards For Best Design and Layout-3^rd prize

2005 Children’s and Youth Literature Honorary Award
ÇİKEDAD, Association for Children’s and Youth Literature Research
Maltepe University, Marmara Educational Institution
2006 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Honor List
For the story Veli's Cookie Veli'nin Kurabiyesi
2013 Language Association Honorary Award
2019 Muzaffer İzgü Children’s and Youth Literature Award
Aegean Contemporary Education Foundation