An international symposium titled “Circumnavigating the Black Sea, Prospecting its Hinterland: Projects, Ideas and Interactions” will take place November from 6–8 at Bilkent. This symposium aims to bring together leading scholars and researchers to share and discuss the latest findings, methodologies and applications of different perspectives related to the Archaeology[Read More…]
Asst. Prof. Nuri Cihan Kayaçetin from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED) recently represented Bilkent University and the Urban-CoLLaR (Co-creating Urban Living Labs for the Circular Regenerative Neighbourhoods) project at two major events organized within the framework of the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) program. Invited by TÜBİTAK,[Read More…]
UNAM Asst. Prof. Mustafa Ordu has authored a new book entitled “Nanogenerators: Energy Harvesters and Self-powered Sensors,” published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The book examines nanogenerator technologies from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together the fundamental knowledge and concepts of this field. Focusing in particular on the principles of[Read More…]
Prof. A. Tuba Ökse is considered a truly distinguished Turkish archaeology scholar who has achieved widespread international acclaim. Affiliated with Kocaeli University, she has completed and continues to lead numerous projects, expanding from Hittite sanctuaries in central Türkiye to the earliest Neolithic sites along the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Upper Mesopotamia, enhancing our knowledge of Anatolian cultures[Read More…]
Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Department of Physics) and his team from the Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) developed high efficiency flexible light-emitting diodes based on self-assembled colloidal quantum well monolayers with remarkable mechanical robustness. These high efficiency flexible LEDs maintain their[Read More…]
UNAM Asst. Prof. Fatih İnci has been awarded the 2025 Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award. Recognized for his innovative work in health sciences as well as in biotechnology, biomedical engineering and nanotechnology, Dr. İnci was honored with this prestigious award for his pioneering contributions to early diagnosis and personalized approaches to[Read More…]
Andreas Treske, Chair of the Department of Communication and Design, has released a new book titled “Heaven’s Delight: On the Pleasures of Audiovisual Practices.” The book is published by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. Like a piece of Turkish delight—soft and unassuming at first, but unexpectedly intense—the book explores the[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Luca Zavagno of the Department of History and Archaeology has published his fourth monograph, “The Insular Worlds of Byzantium, ca. 550–ca. 900.” The book offers a comparative study of major islands and archipelagoes in the Byzantine Mediterranean—such as Cyprus, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta and the Balearics—during a time of political fragmentation and shifting cultural[Read More…]
Asst. Prof. Sam Hirst of the Department of International Relations has been awarded the prestigious Marshall Shulman Book Prize by the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) for his book “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939” (Oxford University Press, 2024). The prize recognizes[Read More…]
A new book by Assoc. Prof. Bilin Neyaptı of the Department of Economics has been released: “Understanding Fiscal Decentralization,” published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book provides a comprehensive overview of fiscal decentralization (FD), outlining how it interacts with domestic structures and institutions. It reviews both theoretical and empirical literature relating to macroprudential institutions and[Read More…]