The Bilkent University orienteering team achieved notable success at the national championship organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation. At the Turkish Interuniversity Orienteering Championship, held in Kastamonu on May 5–7 with the participation of 28 universities, Bilkent University achieved successful results. The Bilkent men’s team placed 8th in Türkiye.[Read More…]
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“Bilkent Sports Games” Basketball and Volleyball Tournaments Results
The Spring Semester “Bilkent Sports Games” Basketball and Volleyball tournaments have come to an end. Organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center as part of the “Bilkent Sports Games” program, the 5×5 basketball tournament featured 15 teams and 125 participants, while the volleyball tournament brought together 21 teams and[Read More…]
Residue / İz Group Exhibition Opens at CerModern as Part of Europe Day
The group exhibition Residue / İz, organized by the Department of Communication and Design (COMD), opened at CerModern Flow in Ankara on May 6, 2026, as part of Europe Day. The exhibition will remain on view through May 17, 2026, and is presented alongside Becoming Matter, a work by conceptual[Read More…]
Teacher Education Digital Ecosystem Project Concludes
The closing ceremony and national conference of the Teacher Education Digital Ecosystem Project, for which content was developed by the Bilkent University Faculty of Education, were held in Ankara on May 5–6, 2026. The three-year project, funded by the European Union and carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of[Read More…]
“Bilkent Sports Games” Football Tournament Results
The spring semester “Bilkent Sports Games” 6-on-6 football tournament has come to an end, and the results are in. Organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center as part of the “Bilkent Sports Games” program, a total of 82 teams and 656 participants competed in the football tournament. All teams[Read More…]
TÜBİTAK 2232-B Program Awards Funding to Two Bilkent Researchers
Two researchers from Bilkent have been awarded funding in 2025 as part of the TÜBİTAK 2232-B International Fellowship for Young Researchers Program. Asst. Prof. Enis Kaya from the Department of Mathematics has been awarded support for his project titled “The quadratic Chabauty method at primes of bad reduction & rational[Read More…]
“Leader Talks:” A Conversation with Ergün Kırlıkovalı
As part of the “Leader Talks” speaker series, organized by the Faculty of Business Administration, MBA and Executive MBA students met with distinguished guest Ergün Kırlıkovalı. Originally trained as a chemist, Kırlıkovalı is known for his entrepreneurial success in the United States, where he developed polymer technology enabling radar invisibility[Read More…]
Bilkent Men’s Football Team Competes in Unilig Ankara Qualifiers
The Bilkent men’s football team competed in the Unilig Ankara Qualifying Group Play-off matches held on April 6–24. A total of 15 university teams participated in the competition. Following a competitive series of matches, Bilkent finished third in Ankara.
NanoDay 2026
NanoDay 2026, organized by the Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), will bring together leading figures from the international scientific community on Friday, May 8. As part of NanoDay 2026, UNAM will host Prof. Valentin Valtchev from the University of Caen Normandy and The French National Centre for Scientific[Read More…]
FACULTY Q&A: Assoc. Prof. Samuel John Hirst
Assoc. Prof. Sam Hirst is a faculty member in the Department of International Relations, where he has been teaching since 2017. He received his BA in history from Washington University in St. Louis and later completed his MA and his PhD, both in history, at the University of Pennsylvania. He[Read More…]