2019 Nominated for IEEE Fellowship (results to be announced in December 2019)
2012-2014 Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 People’s Republic of China, 111 Foreign Experts Programme Fellow
2006 Senior Member of IEEE
2005 IEEE SIU Best Paper Award
1999-2001 ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) Fellowship
1997 Cambridge University Lundgren Award
1995-1997 Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship
1995 Cambridge European Trust Honorary Scholarship
1995-1997 UK Overseas Research Studentship Award
1994-1995 British Council Scholarship
1994-1997 Downing College (Cambridge) Graduate Student Scholarship
1991-1994 Teaching and research assistantship at the Bilkent University, Turkey
1987-1991 Bilkent University Undergraduate Scholarship
1987-1991 Bilkent University, listed 7 times in the high-honour list and once in the honour list
1987 Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institute Young Scientist Encouragement Award
1987 Turkish IS Bank award for scoring second highest grade in mathematics in the centralised university entrance examinations (among 600,000 participants)