Zeynep Demirbilek (TRIN ’00) was named the most effective delivery technology manager in Western Europe by the UK-based business digital magazine “CEO Monthly.” Ms. Demirbilek, with her “Service Club Delivery” initiative, established in Spain, provides courier services to different sectors. She matches companies in need of delivery personnel with trained[Read More…]
Alumni
Capstone Course Films Selected for Altın Koza Film Festival
The 30th International Adana Altın Koza Film Festival, organized by Adana Metropolitan Municipality, will be held September 18–24. Akşamüstü Rüyası,” directed by Mustafa Mert Yağcı, and “Apartman Boşluğu,” directed by Can Baran, produced within the Department of Communication and Design 4th-year Visual Communication Project capstone course, were selected for the[Read More…]
Department of Music Alumna Interprets Works of Necil Kazım Akses
Esra Abacioğlu Akcan (MUS’96) became the first artist in Turkey to professionally interpret the works of Necil Kazım Akses (1908-1999), one of the pioneering composers of contemporary Turkish music. Soprano Akcan recorded 8 songs from Akses’ books (Portraits 1 & 2) at İTÜ MIAM studio. These recordings, which carry the[Read More…]
Bilkent Graduate’s Breakthrough Discovery
Department of Physics 2018 graduate Ş. Furkan Öztürk was among the scientists who made a series of breakthrough discoveries on the origin of life on Earth: Transition of inorganic molecules into organic matter. “It is a real breakthrough.” said origin of life chemist and Nobel laureate Jack Szostak, “Homochirality is[Read More…]
THM Alumni Selected for Hilton’s MDP
Tourism and Hotel Management 2023 graduate Efe Doğrul and 2021 graduate Furkan Başaran were selected for Hilton’s Management and Development Program (MDP) 2023. The Management Development Program, geared toward giving new graduates the opportunity to specialize in different areas of hotel management, is designed to prepare best-in-class graduating seniors and[Read More…]
GRA Graduate’s Art Work on Display in New York
Department of Graphic Design 2006 graduate and part time instructor in the same departmentDr. Efe Alpay has had his work “Call for Life” selected as one of the 15 works to be exhibited at the Bang & Olufsen flagship store in Soho Manhattan. It was selected from more than 500[Read More…]
Department of Performing Arts Graduate Awarded Best Actor
Alper Çankaya, a 2017 graduate of the Department of Performing Arts, won the “Best Actor” award at the 42nd İstanbul Film Festival National Competition for his performance in Fikret Reyhan’s film, “Glass Curtain.” The festival, which took place in İstanbul April 7 – 18, was organized by the Istanbul Foundation[Read More…]
IE Graduate Listed among Influential Business Leaders
Aylin Korkmaz (IE’99) was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Houston by the digital media platform Women We Admire for her exemplary achievements in technology consulting. Ms. Korkmaz is a partner at Ernst & Young in the US and has more than 20 years of experience[Read More…]
Bilkent Alumna Named Among UK’s Top Executives
Burçin Ressamoğlu (IR’94), CEO of Sodexo UK Advantage & Reward Services, has been listed among the 100 inspiring women leaders by Yahoo Finance and Involve UK and ranked ninth in the Heroes Women Role Model List due to her activities promoting gender equality and cultural diversity in the business world.[Read More…]
IR Graduate Receives Gill Jacot-Guillarmod Award
Dr. Gözde Doğan Yalçıner (IR ’01) received the US-based Lois Roth Foundation’s Gill Jacot-Guillarmod honorable mention award for her diplomatic achievements. She helped link the Turkish government, NGOs and academic institutions to advance cultural heritage preservation, a mission that Turkey and the US share. The diplomatic bridge she worked to[Read More…]