The “Bilkent Sports Games” athletics 800m middle distance competitions will be held on October 22 at the Stadium. All Bilkent students are welcome to participate in the competitions. Date: Wednesday, October 22 Time: 6 p.m. Place: Stadium Registration: All Sports Halls Students taking GE 250/251 will receive 10 points for completing the activity. For more information please[Read More…]
By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/III) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/III) The Art of Healing Cracks Is Ankara a feeling? I believe it is. When you move to a new city and start from scratch, it welcomes you in its own peculiar way. At first, you chase the clichés—visiting the popular spots, testing the stereotypes handed to you by others and perhaps by your past[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…]
All students, faculty, staff members and their families and alumni and their families are invited to participate in the 2025 Republic Run, which will take place on Saturday, November 1, at 11 a.m. Interested participants can register and pick up a race number at all the Sports Halls. Students in the GE250/251 program will[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…]
TEDxBilkent 2025 took place on October 11 at Bilkent Odeon, bringing together over 3,600 attendees for a day of thought-provoking talks under the theme “Uçurum” (The Cliff)—exploring life’s turning points and moments of personal challenge. Organized by the TEDx Bilkent Club, the event featured distinguished speakers from various fields, including[Read More…]
BY SAİDA RUSTAMOVA (CTIS/IV) Name: Sara Zebardast Department: CTIS/IV Country of Origin: Iran What were your first impressions about Türkiye? Having visited Türkiye several times before enrolling at Bilkent, I already felt quite at home in the country. What do you like best about Bilkent and Türkiye? What I appreciate most about Bilkent and Türkiye is the beautiful natural environment. The campus is[Read More…]
Gamze Arıcı, a second-year student in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2025. We are deeply saddened by the loss of our student and wish to extend our condolences to her family, friends and the Bilkent community. To convey condolences to Gamze[Read More…]
BY PELİN SU UZUNCAGİL (AMER ’25) Jedediah Allen is an assistant professor in the Bilkent Psychology Department. He received his BS from Simon Fraser University in Cognitive Science, his MS from Lehigh University in Cognitive Psychology and his PhD in Developmental Psychology & Cognitive Science in 2012. He worked as[Read More…]
