From henceforth his varied work began to earn Anday official recognition. In particular his play "Mikado’nun Çöpleri" (The Mikado Game) earned him several awards: Most Successful Playwright of the 1967–1968 Drama Season; the İlhan İskender Prize; Ankara Art Lovers Foundation for the Best Playwright in 1971–1972. Another play, "Ölümsüzler ya da Bir Cinayetin Söylencesi" (The Immortals or the Legend of a Murder) won the Enka Art Prize in 1980. His poetry collection "Teknenin Ölümü" (Death of the Boat) won the 1978 Sedat Simavi Foundation Literature Prize, and "Ölümsüzlük Ardında Gılgamış" (Gilgamesh Beyond Death) gained the 1981 Türkiye İş Bankası Prize. In 1971 UNESCO honoured among him other outstanding European authors. He also received the TÜYAP Honour Prize for 1991 and the 2000 Aydın Doğan Foundation’s Literature Award.