Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the highly competitive ERC-2025 Consolidator Grant for his groundbreaking project COUNSTER. The project aims to explain why, how and when governments target the constituents of non-state armed actors (NSAAs) and what determines the success or failure of[Read More…]
StepForward, organized for the 10th time by the Bilkent University Management and Economics Community (MEC), was held as a career conference connecting students with senior professionals and leading companies. Speakers Cihan Girgintaş (P&G Türkiye Senior Sales Director, Distributor Operations & CC Channel), Demet Sarı (sahibinden.com Chief Sales and Customer Experience[Read More…]
The Volleyball Ankara University League Qualification matches, organized by Turkish University Sports Federation and hosted by Bilkent University, have concluded. Congratulations to the Bilkent women’s volleyball team, who has made it into the top eight teams of 19 universities and into the play-offs. In the men’s competition, Hacettepe University and[Read More…]
Asst. Prof. Özlem Tuğfe Demir has been awarded the 2025 IEEE Communications Society Best Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region in recognition of her research activities and contributions to the society. The IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award for the EMEA Region recognizes outstanding early-career[Read More…]
UNAM Asst. Prof. Mustafa Ordu has been honored with an award in the TOYP Türkiye 2025—Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Turkey program. Recognized among ten remarkable young individuals across various categories each year, Dr. Ordu received this prestigious distinction in the Scientific and Technical Development category for his pioneering research[Read More…]
By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/III) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/III) nazduymus@ug.bilkent.edu.tr eda.emekoglu@ug.bilkent.edu.tr Holly jolly Christmas is awakening, my dear friends—certain songs are defrosting, decorations are being pulled from dusty basements and students are heading back home. Of course, there is us, the lovely Bilkenters who remain far from our homes for[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Türker Özsarı was appointed as Chair of the Department of Mathematics.
Aykut Koç, faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, was appointed as associate professor. Onur Tokel, faculty member in the Department of Physics, was appointed as associate professor.
The 20th Ayva Cup Basketball Tournament will be held on December 10–12. At this annual event, men and women’s basketball teams from area universities including Başkent, Bilkent and Hacettepe compete for the Ayva Cup trophy. As usual, the tournament will take place on the Bilkent campus, in the Main Sports[Read More…]
The traditional bazaar, organized by Bilkent University UNICEF volunteers, opened on December 8 and will run until December 14, 2025. The bazaar will be open everyday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Campus in building no. 49. New and secondhand souvenirs, clothes, household items, toys and books will[Read More…]
