The Bilkent Dictionary of Philosophy, the first online English–Turkish dictionary of philosophical terms, was launched on World Philosophy Day, November 17, 2022. Faculty members and graduate students from the Department of Philosophy prepared English-to-Turkish translations of over 4000 philosophical terms to provide an online resource for students, academics and others[Read More…]
Every year, Bilkent University’s Oğuz Tansel Turkish Literature Research Center awards prizes in the fields of “Children’s Literature,” “Folklore” and “Poetry” in the name of Oğuz Tansel.This year, the Poetry Award was presented to Ömer Erdem for his book “Güneş Kalır Bir Başına” published by Everest Yayınları in 2021. The[Read More…]
A new, Turkish-language play, written by Sam Shepard, “Suicide in B Flat” premiered on November 18 in the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts Theater Hall. Directed by Jason Hale, the production is being staged by the Department of Performing Arts students as a senior project, the first such project[Read More…]
Professor Şennur Ulukuş, a graduate of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, has been appointed as the new chair of the Clark School’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland. She received her BS and MS degrees from Bilkent in 1991 and 1993 respectively, and[Read More…]
BY EBI KRISTO (MAN/II) Name: Ànna Mzhélskaia Department: Law Country of Origin: Poland/ Russia What do you like best about Turkey?The people! In Eastern Europe people are usually running to meet deadlines and finish chores, but here I feel like there is an open vibe that makes people enjoy the moment and[Read More…]
BY ERİNÇ ADA CEYLAN (ME/II) For most of us, a new role in life presents a variety of challenges and some surprises, too. Advice from someone who’s already been there can help get us through the rough spots. In the case of university students, who better than seniors to offer[Read More…]
Students who are going to apply to an MS or PhD program soon may need to include a statement of purpose (SoP) with their application. They are invited to come to a Statement of Purpose Workshop to learn how to write an SoP more effectively and tailor it to different[Read More…]
Dr. Onur Erdem (EE – BS ’13, MSc ’15, PhD ‘20), a former graduate student researcher at UNAM, and his doctoral supervisor Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir have published a booklet entitled “Oriented Self-Assembly of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoplatelets on Liquid Interfaces.” In their booklet, Dr. Erdem and Prof. Demir give a[Read More…]
Bilkent faculty members are among the scientists that have received this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist Awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). The Bilkent awardees are Asst. Prof. Yunus Emre Türkmen (Chemistry) and Asst. Prof. Hamdi Dibeklioğlu (Computer Engineering). TÜBA introduced the program to Award Young Scientists (GEBİP) in[Read More…]
The first Library Lunchtime Lecture of the semester took place on November 16 in the Library Art Gallery. The topic was “Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Age,” which addressed the need for legal tools in protecting privacy and personal data in the digital age. The lecture was presented[Read More…]
