Honorary Doctoral Degrees

• Ain Shams (Egypt)
• Azerbaijan University of Medicine (Azerbaijan)
• Baghdad (Iraq)
• Baku State University (Azerbaijan)
• Case Western Reserve (USA)
• De Montfort (UK)
• Eastern Mediterranean University (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
• Glasgow (Scotland)
• Guayaquil (Ecuador)
• Helsinki (Finland)
• Jamia Millia Islamia (India)
• Nebraska (USA)
• Nice (France)
• Soka (Japan)
• University of Rome-La Sapienza (Italy)
• and eleven universities in Turkey

Awards and Prizes

• 1978 National Award for Distinguished Service, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
• 1981 Léon Bernard Foundation Prize, WHO
• 1986 Christopherson Award, American Academy of Pediatrics
• 1995 Maurice Pate Award, UNICEF
• 1995 Soranos Award for Science and Friendship (Greece)
• 1998 Council of Europe “Peace, Justice and Tolerance” Prize (The other two laureates were Franz Cardinal König and Simon Wiesenthal.)
• 1999 Health and Education Award for Merit (Turkey)
• 2000 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Distinguished Service Award (Turkey)
• 2004 Dr. Jushichiro Naito International Childcare Award (Japan)
• 2007 Turkish Grand National Assembly Honor Prize
• 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence in Global Health, World Federation of Public Health Associations
• 2009 Award of the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences

Decorations

• 1976 Gran Oficial, Orden del Mérito de Duarte, Sánchez y Mella (Dominican Republic)
• 1977 Officier de la Légion d'Honneur (France)
• 1978 Order of Homayoun First Class (Iran)
• 1979 First Rank Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
• 1989 First Rank Commander of the Order of Merit of Poland
• 1989 Médaille de la Ville de Paris
• 1990 Gran Cruz Placa de Plata de la Orden Heráldica de Cristóbal Colón (Dominican Republic)
• 1995 State Medal for Outstanding Merit (Turkey)
• 1997 State Medal of Merit (Romania)
• 1997 WHO Health-For-All Gold Medal
• 2000 First Rank Order of Independence (Azerbaijan)
• 2000 Order of the Cross of St. Mary's Land (Estonia)
• 2005 Order of Haydar Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
• 2005 Sevda Cenap And Music Foundation Honor Award Gold Medal
• 2009 Medal of Recognition, Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
• 2009 Medal of the Egyptian People's Assembly