Beginning this week, Social Awareness Projects will start sending books and other learning materials to primary and secondary schools in the earthquake-striken regions of Türkiye. This campaign will encompass various provinces and last until the end of this academic year. If you wish to contribute, TDP accepts non-monetary donations, which[Read More…]
Bilkent PhilFest, Türkiye’s only large-scale philosophy festival, will take place this year on Saturday, September 28. The event is organized by the Department of Philosophy, Bilkent Philosophical Society, Bilkent University Library, Psychological Counseling and Development Center and Teaching and Learning Support Center. Attendance is free and open to everyone. Visitors[Read More…]
Bilkent students were awarded second prize in a short film competition organized by the Ankara Bar Association Gelincik Center for their work, “Anlatmam Gerek.” The script was written by Bahar Candemir (LAW/III) and Firdevs Sayan. Candemir also played the lead role in the film. The second lead character was portrayed[Read More…]
The “Turkish and International Students Come Together: Gather and Mingle” event, held for the first time this year as part of the GE100 Orientation Course, received great interest from new Bilkent students. Organized in collaboration with the Student Activities Center and the Bilkent International House, the event took place on[Read More…]
Batu Özcan, a percussion student at Bilkent University Music Preparatory School, won first place at the BOLERO International Music Competition held in Slovenia. The competition included participants from Hungary, Italy, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Croatia and Slovenia. Congratulations to Batu Özcan and his instructor, Aydın Mecid.
New Bilkenters were introduced to the campus and university life with the GE100 course. This year, five of the top 10, 38 of the top 100, and 240 of the top 1,000 students, including Turkey’s top ranking in the YKS numerical score, became Bilkent students. GE100 Orientation, a course designed[Read More…]
The Library is pleased to announce a comprehensive reorganization of Bilkent University Institutional Archive (BUIR)’s hierarchical structure, aimed at improving accessibility and usability for faculty, staff and students. This reorganization is a key step in ensuring that the vast array of Bilkent’s research outputs preserved digitally within the archive is[Read More…]
A new group of international exchange and full-time students has arrived for the Fall Semester. This semester Bilkent University is hosting 104 new exchange students and 82 full-time international students from 44 countries. Bilkent welcomed the students with an orientation program held by the Office of International Students and Exchange[Read More…]
Behçet Şensoy, Records and Archives Manager, retired on September 2, 2024. Mr. Şensoy had served Bilkent University since 1990. Bilkent University extends its gratitude to Mr. Şensoy for his services to the university during his long tenure and wishes him all the best in his retirement. The Records and Archives[Read More…]
Turgay Dalkara, faculty member in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, was promoted to professor position. Barbaros Çetin, faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to professor position. Özgür Özdamar, faculty member in the Department of International Relations, was promoted to professor position. Meral Uğur Çınar,[Read More…]
