Name: Bora SaçkesenDepartment: Mechanical EngineeringHow often do you exercise?I exercise three or four times a week.How has regular exercise affected your life?Exercise keeps me fit, and I can see the change it makes in my body so it also makes me happy.What do you suggest to those who are just[Read More…]
Prof. Hüseyin Boyacı was appointed as chair of the Neuroscience Program and director of Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center, effective July 1, 2023. Asst. Prof. Armağan Ateşkan was appointed as coordinator of the Bilkent Teaching and Learning Support Center, effective June 15, 2023. Dr. Ateşkan took over the position from[Read More…]
Tolga Çukur, faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, was promoted to professor position on July 28, 2023. Kemal Yıldız, faculty member in the Department of Economics, was promoted to Associate Professor position on May 22, 2023. Colleen Kennedy-Karpat, faculty member in the Department of Communication and[Read More…]
Mustafa Özdemir was appointed as Support and Transportation Services director as of July 27, 2023.
We are deeply saddened to inform you that one of our third-year students in the Department of Management, Egemen Özcan, passed away on August 19, 2023 due to a heart attack. We are deeply saddened by the loss of our student and wish to extend our condolences to his family, friends[Read More…]
Esra Abacioğlu Akcan (MUS’96) became the first artist in Turkey to professionally interpret the works of Necil Kazım Akses (1908-1999), one of the pioneering composers of contemporary Turkish music. Soprano Akcan recorded 8 songs from Akses’ books (Portraits 1 & 2) at İTÜ MIAM studio. These recordings, which carry the[Read More…]
The Bilkent Faculty of Law team composed of Elif Sıla Taşlıçay, Doğa Günaydın, Yağmur Gündoğdu, Yusuf Ceritoğlu, Hatice Seferoğlu and Necati Kerim Belviranlı won second prize at the 7th Future Arbitration Counsel Moot organized by the İstanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) and Young ISTAC. The moot court competition includes two stages[Read More…]
Nine universities participated in the Regional League Inter-Universities tennis competition that took place in Ankara on May 30 – June 3. The Bilkent men’s team won overall and earned a place in the Super League. Team members: Ege Ertaş (ME), Emre Uyan (IE), Burak Ateşkan (LAW), Eren Özdilkural (IE), Mert Cemri[Read More…]
The university is pleased to announce the recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards for the 2022-2023 academic year. Özlem Karsu, Erdal Onar, Cem Tekin and Funda Şenova Tunalı were chosen for demonstrating outstanding teaching abilities and for contributing to students’ academic and intellectual development. Please see 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award[Read More…]
Department of Physics 2018 graduate Ş. Furkan Öztürk was among the scientists who made a series of breakthrough discoveries on the origin of life on Earth: Transition of inorganic molecules into organic matter. “It is a real breakthrough.” said origin of life chemist and Nobel laureate Jack Szostak, “Homochirality is[Read More…]
