The Department of Mechanical Engineering organized and hosted Türkiye’s local hub of the inaugural IEEE RAS Global Soft Robotics Day 2025 on December 5, under the leadership of Assoc. Prof. Onur Özcan and the Miniature Robotics Lab. As one of the many hybrid hubs participating in the 24-hour global celebration,[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 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…]
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) hosted the third national gathering of Türkiye’s zebrafish research community on November 29. The upcoming Zebrafish Workshop will bring together scientists who conduct research using the zebrafish model organism. Supported by the Zebrafish Research Association, this special event aims to strengthen knowledge exchange,[Read More…]
Financing Agreements in a Changing World,” a program held annually in memory of Prof. Rona Serozan as part of the conference series organized by the Rona Serozan Comparative Law Research Foundation, took place on November 28 at Bilkent.The event began with opening remarks by Attorney Fuat Topdemir, President of the[Read More…]
Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year to recognize the invaluable contributions of teachers and to highlight their role in shaping future generations. In this context, the Faculty of Education organized a Teachers’ Day event on November 28. The opening remarks were delivered by Prof. Alipaşa Ayas, Dean of the Faculty[Read More…]
On November 25, 2025, a workshop titled “Creating a New Discourse in Response to Hate Speech Against Foreigners” was organized in collaboration between the IGAM (İltica ve Göç araştırmaları Merkezi), Research Centre on Asylum and Migration and Bilkent University. The event was hosted by Bilkent University’s Faculty of Fine Arts,[Read More…]
The 19th Ankara Start-Up Summit took place on November 30 at the Bilkent Concert Hall, organized by the Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES). The event brought together entrepreneurs, investors and industry professionals from across Ankara’s growing innovation ecosystem. This year’s speaker line-up included Emirhan Erdoğan (Paribu), Levent Açıksöz (Yerim Hazır Yazılım[Read More…]
On Saturday, November 22, Bilkent alumni living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) came together at a special gathering hosted by Consul General Onur Şaylan at the residence of the Turkish Consulate in Dubai. Rector Prof. Kürşat Aydoğan and Career and Alumni Office Director Tümay Öztürk Altaş joined the gathering[Read More…]
The Department of Performing Arts premieres the first senior graduation project of the 2025–26 academic year: “No Exit,” the influential existential drama by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Jason Hale, chair of the department. The play follows three characters, Garcin, Inez and Estelle, who find themselves locked together in a room[Read More…]
