November 10, 2022, marked the 84th anniversary of the death of Turkey’s beloved Atatürk. Bilkent University commemorated the solemn occasion over the course of two days with several events. On the morning of Thursday, November 10, members of the Bilkent community gathered at Bilkent’s Atatürk Monument to observe a moment[Read More…]
With the cooperation of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and Bilkent University Department of Communication and Design, valued sites of the capital Ankara, included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, were depicted in a selection of short films. As part of the 33rd Ankara Film Festival, Gordion, Hacı Bayram Veli Mosque,[Read More…]
On October 20, Mexican chef Laura Cabrera visited the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management to offer the master class “The basis of Mexican Food: Nixtamalization” to Bilkent Students and Members of the Gastronomy Club. This was part of a set of activities that Chef Cabrera realized during her stay[Read More…]
The Kalbiye Tansel and Çiğdem Barçan Tansel Thesis Awards, organized by the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences, were presented on Tuesday, October 25, with a ceremony at the Oğuz Tansel Center for Turkish Literature. The ceremony began with opening remarks by Director Prof. Refet Gürkaynak. Prof. Aysıt Tansel,[Read More…]
Volunteers from Günköy (The Sun Rises from the Village), a project of the student volunteer organization TDP, recently spent a weekend working at Sinandı Gökkaya Primary and Secondary School in the village of Gökkaya, Aksaray. Günköy has been active since 2010 in helping villages where school facilities are inadequate, visiting[Read More…]
The Faculty of Academic English Program (FAE) has started The Çiğdem and Hossein Dabir Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. The award is intended for Bilkent students who display exceptional proficiency in the short fiction form. Current applicants were selected from ENG 312 – Introduction to Creative Writing through their[Read More…]
On Thursday, October 20, the Social Sciences Research Society hosted the Homeland Party’s (Memleket Partisi) Chairman Muharrem İnce at the Bilkent Concert Hall. The event, which filled the hall, attracted hundreds of interested students. In his speech, Mr. İnce touched on economics and current political issues as well as the[Read More…]
On October 14, the Department of Turkish Literature held its annual graduate conference, “Sustainability and Eco-criticism,” at FFB-22. Eighteen participants from different universities shared their research on Turkish Literature in relation to themes such as gender, narrative, politics and history. The thought-provoking keynote lecture was delivered by Dr. Deniz Gündoğan-İbrişim[Read More…]
The Department of Archaeology hosted an international conference on Water Supply and Water Management in the Metal Ages from October 13 to October 16. The event, organized by Dr. Dirk Brandherm from Belfast University as president of the UISPP Metal Ages Commission and coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Thomas Zimmermann as[Read More…]
The final step in the Student Council election process was completed on October 19 with the election of the Council’s president and Executive Committee. The new Student Council president is Kerem Müftüoğlu from the Faculty of Law. The vice president is Beyza Çetin (LAUD/III), general secretary of the Executive Committee[Read More…]
