The Dormitories Sports Hall will host a seven-session chakra series from October 16 to December 4, exploring the seven chakras through yoga philosophy, chakra symbolism, movement, breathwork and meditation. Each session focuses on one chakra: Muladhara (root) on October 16, Svadhisthana (sacral) on October 23, Manipura (solar plexus) on November[Read More…]
In late September and early October, the Physical Education and Sports Center held activities for “Sports As a Way of Life” and “Bilkent Sports Games.” Nearly 130 students took part in cardio week, a nature walk and athletics sprint events. Cardio week ran from September 29 to October 1 at[Read More…]
BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/III) Assoc. Prof. Firdevs Ulus has been a member of the Department of Industrial Engineering since September 2015. She received her BS degree in Manufacturing Systems (Industrial) Engineering, with a minor in Mathematics, from Sabancı University in 2008, and completed an MS degree in Mathematics there in[Read More…]
By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/IV) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/IV) nazduymus@ug.bilkent.edu.treda.emekoglu@ug.bilkent.edu.tr My growing affection for Italy and the Italian language has found another place to settle: the opera. Watching Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” or “Le nozze di Figaro,” has given me one more reason to keep falling in love with[Read More…]
BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/III) Name: Ponnareay Rith Department: Computer Engineering University: EPITA, France Country of Origin: Cambodia What were your first impressions about Türkiye?I was still finding my feet when a stranger stepped in to help me. She was a random mom, standing in line behind me at a store,[Read More…]
On Friday, October 2, Bilkent University and Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), an addendum on a student exchange program and an Erasmus+ exchange agreement at the İhsan and Ayser Doğramacı Science, Culture and Arts Center. The cooperation covers five fields: law, political science, information and communication, economics[Read More…]
Mehmet Cenkay Karlıklı (ME/I) represented Türkiye in figure skating at the ISU Junior Grand Prix competition held in Batumi, Georgia, on September 24–26. Competing against 26 skaters from 22 countries, Karlıklı finished sixth in the men’s short program and recorded the highest short program score by a Turkish skater at[Read More…]
Ayşe Gürer, a second-year student in the Department of American Language and Literature, took two podium places in road cycling this season, competing in the 18-year age category. She finished first at Gran Fondo Başkent 2026 and second at Gran Fondo Konya. Gran Fondo races are long-distance, mass-participation road cycling[Read More…]
The Career and Alumni Office is inviting third- and fourth-year students to take part in its 2026–27 Interview Adventure with Talent Hunters program. Through the program, students have their CV reviewed by the Career and Alumni Office, receive feedback to improve it, get tips on preparing for interviews, meet company[Read More…]
Prof. Halil İnalcık, founder of the Department of History, was commemorated on the 10th anniversary of his passing at a HICOS seminar held on Thursday, October 1. Prof. Özer Ergenç gave a talk titled “Öğrencisi Özer Ergenç’in Anlatımıyla Halil İnalcık (“Halil İnalcık as Told by His Student Özer Ergenç”) in[Read More…]
