Awards:

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-Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year for Judith Sherman with "Eryilmaz, Dances of the Yogurt Maker" (2022)

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-Global Music Awards, Two Gold Medals as a composer and a performer with "Eryilmaz, Dances of the Yoğurt Maker" (2022)

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-Moon and Stars Project Grant, The Turkish American Society, New York (2017)
 

-Sallie Shepherd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement, Rice University, the Shepherd School of Music (2017)

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-Sviatoslav Richter Outreach Grant, Rice University, the Shepherd School of Music (2016)

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-Original composition “Was her face the moon or sunlight?” (“Ay mıydı, gün müydü yüzü?”) was chosen to be sent to the Moon 
as part of the Moon Arts Project by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Google, NASA and other organizations (2016)

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-TURNmusic Composition Prize (2015)

 for Dances of the Yoğurt Maker

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-Apollo Chamber Players International Composition Commissioning Contest, winner (2014)

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-BNY Mellon Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement (2014)

 

-Carnegie Mellon University, String Quartet Composition Competition, winner (2014)

 for Dances of the Yoğurt Maker

 

-Carnegie Mellon University, Harry G. Archer Orchestral Composition Competition, winner (2014)

 for Tepki 2 "fikri hür, vicdanı hür, irfanı hür"

 

-Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Student Composition Competition, winner (2013)

 for Tepki 2 "fikri hür, vicdanı hür, irfanı hür"

 

-Carnegie Mellon University, String Quartet Composition Competition, winner (2013)

 for Miniatures Set No.4

 

-Silberman Chamber Music Competition, first prize (2013)

 for the performance of George Crumb's Vox Balanae

 

-University of Hartford, Edward Diemente Award in Composition (2011)

 

-Van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence, Grand Prize (2008)

 for the performance of works by D.Scarlatti, F.Chopin and an original composition

 

-SCI/ASCAP(North East) Composition Competition, First Prize for Piano Sonata (2007)

 for Sonata for Piano

 

-Frances Parker Award from University of Hartford, The Hartt School, Instrumental Studies Division (2007)

 

-Adele Wise Award from University of Hartford, The Hartt School, Composition Department (2007)