Condolonces

Our Profound Loss 

The Bilkent community is deeply saddened by the loss of Emirhan Kaya, Department of Information Systems and Technologies fourth-year student.   Deepest sympathies and condolences to his family, friends and the Bilkent community.   To convey condolences to Emirhan Kaya’s family, a digital register of condolences has been prepared and can be[Read More…]

Our Profound Loss

We are deeply saddened to announce that Prof. Julian Bennett, faculty member at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Letters since 1995, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. We wish to extend our condolences to the Bennett family and the entire Bilkent community. Prof. Bennett was a[Read More…]

Bilkent Mourns the Loss of Zeynep Nehir Akkılıç 

The Bilkent community is deeply saddened by the loss of Zeynep Nehir Akkılıç, Department of Music first-year student.    Deepest sympathies and condolences to her family, friends and the Bilkent community.   To convey condolences to Zeynep Nehir’s family:  http://taziye.bilkent.edu.tr 

Our Profound Loss 

The Bilkent community is deeply saddened by the loss of Yeliz Aktürk, Department of Psychology student in the English Language Preparatory Program, who passed away on March 25, 2024.  Deepest sympathies and condolences to her family, friends and the Bilkent community. 

Bilkent Loses Prof. Ergun Özbudun 

Former faculty member of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration and founding faculty member of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Ergun Özbudun passed away on Wednesday, November 1.   We would like to extend our condolences to the Özbudun family and the[Read More…]

Bilkent Mourns the Loss of Prof. Ersin Onay

Prof. Ersin Onay, founding dean of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts (1988 – 2000) and retired faculty member (1988 – 2015), passed away on Monday, May 22, 2023. We wish to extend our condolences to the Onay family and friends as well as the entire Bilkent community.

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