This year will mark the 19th annual Angora Cup Inter-university Sports Festival. Organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center, the festival will take place April 26 – May 12. Approximately 750 students from a number of universities are expected to be on campus for this special event. The students,[Read More…]
No: 26
TRIN Student Publishes Poetry Collection
Giray Başbuğ, a third-year student in the Department of Translation and Interpretation, has published “A Collection of Love Poetry From the English Renaissance,” translated into Turkish. Inspired by their eloquent poetics, the book features major poets of the period, including Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser and Samuel Daniel. It also grants[Read More…]
Department of Performing Arts Premieres New Play
The Department of Performing Arts premiered a new play, “Wounds to the Face,” last week on April 17. The play, written by Howard Barker, is performed as a junior project production. Directed by Geoffrey Hyland, Emeritus Assoc. Prof. from Cape Town University, the play will be staged at the Bilkent[Read More…]
Multidisciplinary Cancer Treatment Method Receives TÜSEB Grant
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center’s (UNAM) Dr. Gürkan Yeşilöz has been awarded support from the Health Institute of Turkey (TÜSEB) as part of the institute’s aim to foster the research, development and commercialization of cancer treatment products using domestic resources. Dr. Yeşilöz’s goal is to engineer and introduce an[Read More…]
CHP Chairman Özel Shares Reflections with Bilkent Students
On Thursday, April 18, the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel gave a speech at Bilkent. The event, organized by Sosyal Demokrasi Kulübü, filled the Bilkent Concert Hall with students, staff and faculty members. Mr. Özel shared his reflections on economics and current political issues as well as on[Read More…]
Bilkent Archaeology Day
Since 2018, every spring the Department of Archaeology organizes Bilkent Archaeology Day. This year the theme of the sixth annual event, which will take place April 26, is “Immortalising the Essence: Portraiture for Private and Public Spaces.” The representation of the human face, with its features and expressions, has always[Read More…]
FACULTY Q&A: Interview with İhsan Efe Tokdemir
BY EKİNSU POLAT (AMER/II) Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir’s academic journey commenced with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University in İstanbul, Turkey, in 2012. Building upon this foundation, he pursued advanced studies, earning both a Master of Arts (2015) and a PhD (2017)[Read More…]
The Sporting Life
Name: Osman Ali Burak Ustabaş Department: Law How often do you exercise? I exercise four to five times a week. How has regular exercise affected your life? When I’m exercising, I feel happy. Doing exercise reduces the stress of our lives. What do you suggest to those who are just[Read More…]