The Bilkent Young Entrepreneurs Club will be holding the 16th Ankara Start-up Summit on December 10 at Ankara Ticaret Odası. The Ankara Start-up Summit is the first startup summit organized in Turkey and the largest entrepreneurship event organized by university students. The goal of this annual event is to encourage[Read More…]
Campus & Community
New Solar Palm on Campus
A solar palm was placed in front of the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture on Main Campus. Donated to Bilkent University by 2013 IAED graduate Kübra Kalyoncu Şeherli, the Solar Palm was designed by Kalyon PV R&D Center. The solar palm provides active energy throughout the day by utilizing[Read More…]
Bilkent Campus Unites in Opposing Violence Against Women
On November 25, numerous events and activities aimed at raising awareness of violence against women took place in Turkey as well as around the world, as part of the UN’s “UNiTE to End Violence Against Women” campaign. At Bilkent, the Social Awareness Projects (TDP) student volunteer organization brought the UNiTE[Read More…]
Bilkent Tourism Forum Returns
The 11th Bilkent University Tourism Forum will take place on December 8, in the Bilkent Hotel and Convention Center between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Tourism Diversification: Time for Revival.” In the morning session of the forum, industry leaders will discuss the post-pandemic revival across the[Read More…]
Collaboration Enhances Student Experience
The Department of Tourism and Hotel Management (THM) collaborated with the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED) for a fourth-year students’ semester project through the facilitation of Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Collins, Assoc. Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, and Şule Aybar, instructor at the Department of Interior[Read More…]
New Administrative Unit
A new administrative unit, the Institutional Data Analysis and Quality Management Unit, has been formed with the purpose of collecting, analyzing and reporting data on the important activities and processes of the university. The unit will report to the Office of the Vice Rector in charge of Administrative and Financial[Read More…]
Department of Philosophy Launches Online Dictionary
The Bilkent Dictionary of Philosophy, the first online English–Turkish dictionary of philosophical terms, was launched on World Philosophy Day, November 17, 2022. Faculty members and graduate students from the Department of Philosophy prepared English-to-Turkish translations of over 4000 philosophical terms to provide an online resource for students, academics and others[Read More…]
Oğuz Tansel Poetry Award Presented
Every year, Bilkent University’s Oğuz Tansel Turkish Literature Research Center awards prizes in the fields of “Children’s Literature,” “Folklore” and “Poetry” in the name of Oğuz Tansel.This year, the Poetry Award was presented to Ömer Erdem for his book “Güneş Kalır Bir Başına” published by Everest Yayınları in 2021. The[Read More…]
Performing Arts Students Premiere New Play: “Suicide in B Flat”
A new, Turkish-language play, written by Sam Shepard, “Suicide in B Flat” premiered on November 18 in the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts Theater Hall. Directed by Jason Hale, the production is being staged by the Department of Performing Arts students as a senior project, the first such project[Read More…]
Statement of Purpose Workshops
Students who are going to apply to an MS or PhD program soon may need to include a statement of purpose (SoP) with their application. They are invited to come to a Statement of Purpose Workshop to learn how to write an SoP more effectively and tailor it to different[Read More…]