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…]
Thursday, November 10 9:05 a.m.at the Bilkent Atatürk MonumentMoment of Silence and the National Anthem 9:30 a.m.at Mithat Çoruh AuditoriumMini ConcertBilkent Youth Quintet*HIST 200 Project Presentation “The Program for Sending Students Abroad in the Field of Educational Sciences in the Early Republican Period: The Experiences of Şükran Oğuzkan”Muhammed Berk Alemdar[Read More…]
Effective November 1, 2022, Fatma Dağüstün, former Director of Accounting and Finance at Tepe Prefabrik A.Ş., was appointed acting director of the Financial Affairs Office. She takes over from Alaattin Tabur, who resigned from his position in order to continue his responsibilities at Bilkent Holding effectively. The name of the[Read More…]
BY YARA EMAD ABUNEMEH (COMD/IV)Earlier last week, a team at Bilkent’s National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) designed a bacteria that could repair damage caused to the teeth or bones. The bacteria, which are modified to produce a protein that comes from algae, could change the way we look at bone[Read More…]
Name: Mahir Hassan Mian Department: Economics Country of Origin: Pakistan What do you like best about Turkey?I love the diversity of this country. There are a lot of people from different religious and social backgrounds. I also love how every person that I meet is extremely friendly and willing to help even if[Read More…]
Two Bilkent alumni won awards for the best MSc thesis in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. The competition was organized by IEEE Computer Society Turkey, and the results were announced on October 15, 2022. The competition was created to identify and appreciate the best MSc thesis in the[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…]
