With the unanimous vote of the Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation Boards, Turgay Erdener, as the first of the last generation of contemporary-universal Turkish Classical Music composers and undoubtedly one of the pioneers of his generation, said, “He has meticulously processed a wide range of contemporary music genres and produced original works in many genres; In this respect, he was deemed worthy of the “2016 Foundation Honor Award Gold Medal” for being our composer and educator who inspired and pioneered the young composers who came after him.