On Sunday, October 25, nearly 350 runners, joggers and walkers gathered at the starting line in front of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts for the 1,923-meter Republic Run. Held to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye, this year’s run also served a special purpose: supporting the education of Bilkent students in need of financial assistance. Participants included Bilkenters of all ages, as well as friends and guests.
As part of the initiative, volunteer faculty members set up personal donation pages and took part in the run to raise support for students: Prof. Yasemin Afacan, Prof. Selim Aksoy, Assoc. Prof. Armağan Ateşkan, Prof. Hüseyin Boyacı, Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Collins, Dr. Erkan Uçar and Assoc. Prof. Firdevs Ulus.
The route took the competitors from the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts to the Stadium. Donations collected during the run will go toward scholarships for students in financial need, part of the University’s commitment to solidarity and equal opportunity. Following the race, an award ceremony took place, with the winners receiving trophies. Students who completed the run received their GE 250/251 points.
Children under 10
Kaan Orduyılmaz, Kerem Şensoy, Can Aytar, Kıvanç Köşker, Toprak Alaz Türker, James Kaan Alparslan
Women’s Overall:
Nehir Hamamcı
Men’s Overall:
Atilla Akkuş
Women 11 to 13:
1. Aylin Akşak
2. Ayla Daisy Dağ
3. Zara Keneddy Karpat
Men 11 to 13:
1. Kerem Şensoy
2. Efe Gök
3. Arman Akşak
Women 14 to 15:
1. Eda Sofia Johnson
2. Zeynep Ordu Yılmaz
3. Hafza Okur
Men 14 to 15:
1. Can Afacan
Women 16 to 20:
1. Nehir Hamamcı
2. Ayşe Gürer
3. Bilge Ayan
Men 16 to 20:
1. Onat Mert Kılıç
2. Ensar Demir
3. Rasim Kadir Akdağ
Women 21 to 25:
1. Derin Doğa Özazar
2. Sude Çolak
3. Sudenur Özcan
Men 21 to 25:
1. Atilla Akkuş
2. Ege Ural
3. Derrick Mutangana
Women 26 to 30:
1. Tuğçe Sena Koyuncu
Men 26 to 30:
1. Pascal Nshutı
2. Çağın Tan Eroğlu
3. Hamd Kasım
Women 31 to 35:
1. Aoi Udagawa
2. Deniz Aybaş
3. Nefike Soratya
Men 31 to 35:
1. Samuel Kanas
2. Hüseyin Gül
3. Çağrı Angın
Women 36 to 44:
1. Firdevs Ulus
2. İpek Yalçın
3. Seher Kurtul
Men 36 to 44:
1. Alper Sağın
2. Halil Okur
Women 45 to 54:
1. Mihaela Petrova Harper
2. Armağan Ateşkan
3. Hande Seçkin Onat
Men 45 to 54:
1. Daniel Peter Johnson
2. Selim Aksoy
3. Muzaffer Öztürk
Men 55 to 59:
1. Hüseyin Boyacı
2. Baki Tezcan
3. Ceyhun Bulutay
Women Master:
1. Beata Zalewska
2. Ayşe Collins
Men Master:
1. Donald Randall
2. Tuncer Ağtürk
3. Bilal Tanatar
Women Alumni:
1. Irmak Yılmaz
2. Meriç İmren
Men Alumni:
1. Arel Arshrafenejad
2. Saltuk Çelik
3. Safa Onur Bingöl
Women Guest:
1. Hatice Ada Özman
2. Burçin Körpeoğlu
Men Guest:
1. Deniz Çeliköz
2. Alper Köşkeroğlu
3. Okan Köşker
