The first week of the 18th Angora Cup Interuniversities Sports Festival, organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center, is now complete. Approximately 300 students from a number of universities, including Atılım, Başkent, Bilkent, Boğaziçi, Çankaya, Hacettepe, METU, İTÜ, TEDU, Kadir Has, Pamukkale, Yeditepe and Mehmet Akif Ersoy, participated in[Read More…]
Şerife Tokulluoğlu, who has been serving as a coordinator at the Registrar’s Office, is appointed the Registrar. Zeynep Ekmekçioğlu, who successfully carried out her duties as the Registrar, retired on April 28, 2023. Bilkent University extends its gratitude to Ms. Ekmekçioğlu for her hard work and diligence during her time[Read More…]
The 17th annual Ayva Cup interuniversity basketball tournament was held April 24–30 at Bilkent University. Men and women’s basketball teams from Bilkent, Başkent, METU, Hacettepe, Çankaya and Atılım Universities competed for the cup. Congratulations to all the athletes who participated in the event. The main goal of the tournament was[Read More…]
BY PELİN SU UZUNCAGİL (AMER/II) su.uzuncagil@ug.bilkent.edu.tr Asst. Prof. Anita Alexander is an instructor in the Department of Educational Sciences. She received her BSc from Ohio University in Secondary Education & Integrated Mathematics, her MS from Kent State University in Pure Mathematics, and her PhD from Kent State University in Curriculum[Read More…]
BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/I) Name: Hafiz Muhammad Shakir Department: Physics Country of Origin: Pakistan What do you like best about Turkey?I like the Islamic culture, the system and the quality of education, but most importantly I appreciate the weather. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?In[Read More…]
Dr. Funda Şenova Tunalı, lecturer and Vice Chair of the Department of Communication and Design and Department of Graphic Design alumnus, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2023. As a beloved member of the Bilkent family, Dr. Şenova Tunalı will be fondly remembered and greatly missed. We extend heartfelt condolences[Read More…]
On Saturday, May 6, nearly 200 runners, joggers and walkers were ready at the starting line near the East Campus Sports Hall. They included Bilkenters of all ages as well as friends and guests. The 3.5 km route took the competitors from East Campus to Main Campus and finished at[Read More…]
“Hack to the Future,” a coding competition organized by Vakıfbank, was held on Friday, April 28, at Vakıfbank’s headquarters in İstanbul. While many teams, with themes from social responsibility and sustainability to digital banking user experience and design and new-generation customer communication to innovative products and services, participated in the[Read More…]
Alper Çankaya, a 2017 graduate of the Department of Performing Arts, won the “Best Actor” award at the 42nd İstanbul Film Festival National Competition for his performance in Fikret Reyhan’s film, “Glass Curtain.” The festival, which took place in İstanbul April 7 – 18, was organized by the Istanbul Foundation[Read More…]
It’s time to take out the rackets as the “Bilkent Sports Games’’ Table Tennis Tournaments are about to begin. All students are welcome to participate in this activity. Everyone is encouraged to get in the game and be the next “Bilkent Sports Games” Table Tennis Champion. Dates and Categories:May 9:[Read More…]
