The film “Sunflower Seeds,” directed by Zeynep Sude Baran (LAW/IV) and Bahar Candemir (LAW/IV), students from the Faculty of Law, became a finalist among 163 films in the Sabancı Foundation Short Film Competition. The theme of this year’s competition was “Educational Inequalities.” In addition, the production and editing were carried out by Zeynep Sude Baran, while the screenplay was written by Bahar Candemir, who[Read More…]
Bilkent University is launching a Science Café event series. The first event will take place on Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m., featuring a talk by Prof. Tayfun Özçelik, chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, titled “Fostering a Culture of Creativity in Science.” The event will be held at[Read More…]
In the University Sports Federation of Türkiye Division 1 American Football League, Bilkent’s team played a match on February 8, defeating Okan University with a convincing score of 41–6. The Bilkent Judges will play the final match of the group against Başkent University on February 21 at Hacettepe University Stadium. The winner will be promoted to the Super League. All Bilkent members are invited[Read More…]
By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/III) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/III) nazduymus@ug.bilkent.edu.tr eda.emekoglu@ug.bilkent.edu.tr Tutto Passa This week, my friends and I visited OMM (Odunpazarı Modern Museum), located in Eskişehir. Some of you might have visited OMM before or know of the large site-specific bamboo installation by Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV, which has almost become a symbol of the museum itself. What makes this museum unique for me[Read More…]
Investment Weekend, organized by the Bilkent Management & Economics Community (MEC), was held last weekend at the Bilkent Hotel. The event focused on investment and the business world. Throughout the day, speeches and panel sessions were conducted on topics including global finance, technology, personal development, corporate strategy and human-centered investment. Representatives of BeNova Consulting, Türkiye İş Bankası, Bilkent Holding, Bilkent Cyberpark and Ekonomi Ekranı attended the event and met with[Read More…]
Bilkent graduate student, Ahmet Arif Aslan, along with his advisor, Asst. Prof. Erdinç Tatar, won the best paper award at “The 39th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2026)” in Salzburg, Austria, January 25–29, 2026. IEEE MEMS is the premier international conference in the field of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Mr. Aslan and Dr. Tatar’s[Read More…]
Prof. Refet S. Gürkaynak, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) for 2025. The IAAE Fellowship recognizes distinguished contributions to applied econometrics. Fellows participate in the governance of the association, including the annual selection of new fellows. The distinction is awarded for[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Bülent Batuman, chair of the Department of Architecture, has published a new book, “Mekânın Politikası: Kriz, Kent ve Mimarlık” (The Politics of Space: Crisis, City, and Architecture). The book reads the relationship between the contemporary moment and the city and architecture through a spatial–political lens. In a time when neoliberal crises, wars, migration, post-truth populism and[Read More…]
The “Bilkent Sports Games” badminton tournament will be held on February 25–26, at the Main Sports Hall. Dates and Categories February 25: Women and Men’s Beginner February 26: Women and Men’s Intermediate Time: 6 p.m. Place: Main Sports Hall Registration: All Sports Halls For more information please call ext. 1993 or email to spor@bilkent.edu.tr
BY SAİDA RUSTAMOVA (CTIS/IV) Name: Erida Puka Department: CTIS/II Country of Origin: Albania What were your first impressions about Türkiye? The roads are very wide, and there are so many people everywhere! What do you like best about Bilkent and Türkiye? I love all the trees, the green spaces and, of course, the cats. Are there any similarities between Türkiye and your[Read More…]
