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…]

The results of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program have been announced. A total of 17 researchers from Bilkent University have been awarded funding under the program.  According to the results of the 2025 First Call Period, Bilkent University researchers achieved an impressive 55% success rate.[Read More…]

Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir, faculty member in the Department of International Relations, received the American Political Science Association (APSA) Conflict Processes Section Best Paper Award for his article titled “Unique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance.”  Founded in 1903, APSA is a leading professional organization for political scientists, with over[Read More…]

Elvan Serin, instructor in the Department of Fine Arts, was selected to participate in the Concours Jeune Céramique Européenne—Young European Ceramics Competition Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 2025, an international group exhibition held in France in March 2025. Among the two awards presented—one by jury decision and the other by public vote—Serin received the[Read More…]

Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center’s (UNAM) Asst Prof. Aykut Erbaş has uncovered a critical mechanism explaining how the cell nucleus resists external mechanical forces. In their paper entitled “Peripheral Heterochromatin Tethering is Required for Chromatin-Based Nuclear Mechanical Response,” the researchers demonstrate that the primary factor responsible for the nucleus’s[Read More…]

The results of the 2025-B-01 call, launched by TÜSEB to support R&D projects offering innovative solutions in the field of health sciences and technologies, have been announced. According to data shared by Health Institutes of Türkiye (TÜSEB), a total of 1,198 applications were submitted. Of these, 736 project proposals were[Read More…]

Assoc. Prof. Yıldıray Yıldız of the Department of Mechanical Engineering,has accepted an invitation from the European Control Association (EUCA) to serve as Türkiye’s representative on its General Assembly, beginning January 1, 2026. His appointment was approved by a vote of the current Assembly members at their recent meeting. Assoc. Prof.[Read More…]