In 2001, Gulben Ergen played Melek in Dadi and won a Best Actress award at the Golden Butterflys; the next year, a lead single from her album, Sade v Sadece received a Best Composition Award at the Turkey Music Awards,which used to be one of the most prestigious awards in Turkey until news emerged about winners being changed to favor others.
In 2001, for her role as Melek in the TV series Dad she won the award for Best Actress at the Golden Butterfly Awards. In 2002, the lead single from her album Sade ve Sadece was awarded the Best Composition of the Year at the Turkey Music Awards. Until the mid 2000s it is considered one of the most prestigious awards of music in Turkey. In 2007 awards lost their prestige when news emerged about some of the winners changed in favor of some others. 
