By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/III) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/III) nazduymus@ug.bilkent.edu.tr eda.emekoglu@ug.bilkent.edu.tr Celebrating Small Moments—A Farewell Before New Beginnings As the year gently folds into its final pages, I found myself standing in the “Dear Theo” exhibition at CerModern, surrounded by Van Gogh’s swirling colors and illuminated brushstrokes and the soft[Read More…]
Name: Ansar Myrzagerey Department: CS/IV Country of Origin: Kazakhstan What were your first impressions about Türkiye? When I first arrived, the weather immediately stood out. It felt comfortable and warm. Prices were very affordable back then, which made life easy. The hospitality impressed me the most. People were open and[Read More…]
The 20th annual Ayva Cup inter-university basketball tournament was held December 10–12, at Bilkent. Men and women’s basketball teams from Bilkent, Başkent and Hacettepe Universities played for the cup. Congratulations to all the athletes who participated. The main goal of the event was to bring these five Ankara universities’ teams[Read More…]
The NextGen NPD & Tech Expo, held for the first time on November 20 at the Library Art Gallery, was organized within the scope of the ENG 206 Business Communication course. The event marked an exciting launch for what will hopefully become a lasting tradition, bringing together creativity, innovation and[Read More…]
The panel “Beyond CTRL+C: Transcreation and Technology,” organized by the Department of English, French Translation and Interpreting (TRIN), brought together translators, academics and publishing professionals to examine the future of the translation profession, the role of creativity and the rising influence of new technologies. Speakers stressed that translation is not[Read More…]
Assistant Professors İbrahim Sarpkaya, Mustafa Ordu and Fatih İnci from Bilkent University’s National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) were featured on TRT 1’s “Return to the Homeland” (Yurda Dönüş) program, where they share their inspiring stories of scientific pursuits abroad and their return to Türkiye. After conducting groundbreaking research at some[Read More…]
The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized and hosted Türkiye’s local hub of the inaugural IEEE RAS Global Soft Robotics Day 2025 on December 5, under the leadership of Assoc. Prof. Onur Özcan and the Miniature Robotics Lab. As one of the many hybrid hubs participating in the 24-hour global celebration,[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the highly competitive ERC-2025 Consolidator Grant for his groundbreaking project COUNSTER. The project aims to explain why, how and when governments target the constituents of non-state armed actors (NSAAs) and what determines the success or failure of[Read More…]
StepForward, organized for the 10th time by the Bilkent University Management and Economics Community (MEC), was held as a career conference connecting students with senior professionals and leading companies. Speakers Cihan Girgintaş (P&G Türkiye Senior Sales Director, Distributor Operations & CC Channel), Demet Sarı (sahibinden.com Chief Sales and Customer Experience[Read More…]
The Volleyball Ankara University League Qualification matches, organized by Turkish University Sports Federation and hosted by Bilkent University, have concluded. Congratulations to the Bilkent women’s volleyball team, who has made it into the top eight teams of 19 universities and into the play-offs. In the men’s competition, Hacettepe University and[Read More…]
