{"id":10436,"date":"2026-03-03T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10436"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:20:25","slug":"sporting-life-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10436","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Name:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mert&nbsp;\u00d6rnek&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department:<\/strong> ME&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How often do you exercise?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day, sometimes twice a day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How has regular exercise affected your life?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s&nbsp;helped me be more focused and better organized while balancing academic,&nbsp;sportive&nbsp;and everyday activities in my life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport or starting to exercise?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They should start small but be consistent.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the first three things that come to mind when you hear the word \u201csports\u201d?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effort, discipline,&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Judges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which sports facilities do you use?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stadium, all fitness areas, swimming&nbsp;pool&nbsp;and squash courts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have you taken any courses or participated in any activities?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I took squash and judo courses. I have been an active member of the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Judges American Football Team and&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Athletics Team for the last four years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:&nbsp;Mert&nbsp;\u00d6rnek&nbsp; Department: ME&nbsp; How often do you exercise?&nbsp; Every day, sometimes twice a day.&nbsp; How has regular exercise affected your life?&nbsp; It\u2019s&nbsp;helped me be more focused and better organized while balancing academic,&nbsp;sportive&nbsp;and everyday activities in my life.&nbsp; What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10436\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[214,83,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10442,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436\/revisions\/10442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}