BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/II) Name: Ebi Kristo Department: Management Country of Origin: Albania What do you like best about Turkey? The culture. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country? Yes! Some parts of the culture, numerous dishes and some words and phrases are similar. What will[Read More…]
Name: Mehmet Üstün Görüş Department: IE How often do you exercise? I exercise three to four times per week. How has regular exercise affected your life? It has improved the quality of my life in every way. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport[Read More…]
The ANKOSLink 2023 International Conference, organized by ANKOS (Anatolian University Libraries Consortium), took place in Antalya from November 20 to 23. The theme of this year’s conference was “Rethinking University Libraries in the 100th Anniversary of the Republic Turkey.” Representing Bilkent University Library at the event were Semra Kesler, the[Read More…]
Prof. Yasemin Afacan was appointed as acting dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, effective November 14, 2023. Prof. Afacan took over the position from Prof. Bülent Çaplı. Assoc. Prof. Emel Özdora was appointed as associate dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, effective November 20,[Read More…]
BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/II) Name: Nasheet Ul Islam Ahmed Department: Management Country of Origin: Kashmir What do you like best about Turkey? The significance of customs, values and virtues to the Turkish people. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country? They are pretty different in every[Read More…]
Nearly 120 people participated in the Steps Challenge and 150 people participated in the Fit Challenge. Participants accomplished the step activity either by walking or running 10,000 steps per day between October 30 – November 26. During the four weeks, participants did strength and cardio training to accumulate points for[Read More…]
Efe Tokdemir, faculty member in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Social Sciences, was promoted to associate professor position on November 6, 2023.
The “Bilkent Sports Games” fall semester squash tournament took place last week, on the evenings of November 21–24, with competitions in four categories. Below are the names of the players who finished in the top four places in each category. Women’s (Beginner) 1- Ece Melisa Koçak 2- Aleyna Akkaya 3-[Read More…]
As a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Abdullah Atalar got his BSc from METU. He received his MSc and PhD from Stanford University. In 1980, he started teaching at METU. For some time, he also worked for companies like HP, Leica and ASELSAN. In 1986, he[Read More…]
While celebrating the 100th year of the Turkish Republic, the 6th International Travel Expo Ankara Fair opened its doors on November 16–19, at the ATO Congresium. This year, the fair’s theme focused on health tourism and attracted various stakeholders, including tourism industry actors, municipalities from all around Turkey, embassies and[Read More…]
