Emine Yegân Erdem, faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to Associate Professor position on April 22, 2024. 

Bilkent’s annual Spring Festival will take place in the Main Campus Festival Area and at the Odeon from Friday, May 3 to Saturday, May 4. The schedule of events can be found at https://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/spring-festival-2024/

Giray Başbuğ, a third-year student in the Department of Translation and Interpretation, has published “A Collection of Love Poetry From the English Renaissance,” translated into Turkish.  Inspired by their eloquent poetics, the book features major poets of the period, including Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser and Samuel Daniel. It also grants[Read More…]

The Department of Performing Arts premiered a new play, “Wounds to the Face,” last week on April 17. The play, written by Howard Barker, is performed as a junior project production. Directed by Geoffrey Hyland, Emeritus Assoc. Prof. from Cape Town University, the play will be staged at the Bilkent[Read More…]

On Thursday, April 18, the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel gave a speech at Bilkent. The event, organized by Sosyal Demokrasi Kulübü, filled the Bilkent Concert Hall with students, staff and faculty members. Mr. Özel shared his reflections on economics and current political issues as well as on[Read More…]

Since 2018, every spring the Department of Archaeology organizes Bilkent Archaeology Day. This year the theme of the sixth annual event, which will take place April 26, is “Immortalising the Essence: Portraiture for Private and Public Spaces.”  The representation of the human face, with its features and expressions, has always[Read More…]

Between April 1–8, 2024, the show consisting of “Distinguished Works” by the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED) students exhibited at the FADA FF Building.   The display consisted of 2023-24 fall semester projects created by the students of all levels of the IAED program.  All the projects were[Read More…]

Mehmet Umur Somel, a second-year student at the Faculty of Law, has been granted admission to the esteemed World Press Federation (WPF). Headquartered in England, the WPF serves as the global representative body for press professionals. With a mission to enhance the living standards and working conditions of press members[Read More…]

Forty-six male athletes took part in the inter-university billiards championship that was held in Ankara and organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation. İbrahim Mete Çetin (LAW) won the tournament to become the national champion. Bilkent’s men’s team ranked third in Turkey overall.  The Bilkent men’s basketball team placed third[Read More…]