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
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 University lost Prof. Metin Heper, retired faculty member in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, on Saturday, February 24, 2024. Prof. Heper, who joined Bilkent University in 1988, served as the Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and the Dean of the Faculty[Read More…]
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…]
Gökhan Güney, security staff at the Security Office, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. We wish to extend our condolences to Güney family and the Bilkent community.
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…]
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.
Asst. Prof. John O’Dwyer, who served as the Director of the English Language Preparatory Program (1996-2015), a member of the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences and Coordinator of İ.D.V. Private Bilkent Schools, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. As a long-time and beloved member of the Bilkent[Read More…]
Dr. Funda Şenova Tunalı, lecturer and Vice Chair of the Department of Communication and Design and Department of Graphic Design alumnus, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2023. As a beloved member of the Bilkent family, Dr. Şenova Tunalı will be fondly remembered and greatly missed. We extend heartfelt condolences[Read More…]
Prof. Mithat Çoruh, former rector of Bilkent University and president of the Başkent University Board of Trustees, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023. We wish to extend our condolences to the Çoruh family, his friends and the communities of Başkent University and Bilkent University.
