Name: Mert Örnek Department: ME How often do you exercise? Every day, sometimes twice a day. How has regular exercise affected your life? It’s helped me be more focused and better organized while balancing academic, sportive and everyday activities in my life. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport[Read More…]
Bilkent University hosted the third annual “Possible Worlds: Storytelling, Mythology and Art Conference” on February 21–22, bringing together academics, writers and content creators to explore myth as a space for reimagining reality. Organized by the Historical Society, Literature Society, Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, Storytelling and Mythology Society and Translation[Read More…]
On February 25, the Library Lunchtime Lecture of the 2025–26 spring semester took place in the Library Art Gallery. Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir from the Department of International Relations delivered a compelling and timely presentation titled, “Countering Insurgency /Terrorism: Severing the Ties between Non-State Armed Actors & Their Constituency.” With[Read More…]
Name: So Eun Bae Department: English Literature and Literature University: Dongguk University (Seoul, South Korea) Country of Origin: South Korea What were your first impressions about Türkiye?Türkiye felt like a beautiful collision of worlds. As someone who has travelled quite a bit to Europe and Middle Eastern countries, Türkiye somehow[Read More…]
A series of sports events organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center have been successfully completed, bringing together a large number of students in swimming competitions, a cardio week, and squash and badminton tournaments. The “Bilkent Sports Games” swimming competition took place between January 26 and February 8, with[Read More…]
February 25, 2026, marks 16 years since the passing of our founder, Prof. İhsan Doğramacı. On this day, as always, we remember Prof. Doğramacı with deep respect, profound gratitude and great affection. To commemorate Prof. Doğramacı, a special concert will be held on Wednesday, February 25, at 8 p.m. at the Bilkent Concert Hall. The event will feature conductor Gürer Aykal and[Read More…]
The Bilkent University Chess Team successfully represented the university and Türkiye in the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Fall 2025, organized in cooperation with Chess.com and PlayVS, as the only university from Türkiye to participate in the competition. The competition, held across 25 different divisions with universities from around the world, concluded after seven weeks of league-format matches, followed by playoff rounds. All matches[Read More…]
Bilkent Nature Sports Community teams represented the university with strong performances across different branches in competitions organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation on February 13–15. The Inter-university Ice Climbing Championships were held in Erzurum. Competing in the ice climbing branch for the first time, the team—composed of students from the Bilkent Nature Sports Community—achieved[Read More…]
By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/III) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/III) nazduymus@ug.bilkent.edu.tr eda.emekoglu@ug.bilkent.edu.tr The Winter Olympics have concluded and so has the first month of Bilkent! I don’t know which was more tough though, the athletes of athletes competing for their lives and representing their states or Bilkent students getting up on time to attend classes. But here we are as champions, waiting for the next challenges to overcome… although as[Read More…]
Organized by TEDxBilkent, Bilkent Talks will once again bring together members of the Bilkent University community for a day of discussion and idea-sharing. The event will host speakers from diverse fields, including science, art, psychology, health, music and entrepreneurship. Through moderated conversations, participants will have the opportunity to engage with different perspectives and reflect on contemporary issues across[Read More…]
