{"id":10562,"date":"2026-03-31T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10562"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:47:30","slug":"celebrating-prof-ihsan-dogramacis-birthday-on-bilkent-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10562","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Prof.\u00a0\u0130hsan\u00a0Do\u011framac\u0131\u2019s\u00a0Birthday on\u00a0Bilkent\u00a0Day\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 3,&nbsp;2026<\/strong>&nbsp;marks the 111th anniversary of the birth of&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University\u2019s beloved founder, Prof.&nbsp;\u0130hsan&nbsp;Do\u011framac\u0131. Each year,&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;celebrates Prof.&nbsp;Do\u011framac\u0131\u2019s&nbsp;birthday as&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Day, honoring his memory with deepest respect and affection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilkent&nbsp;Day includes two main events: the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Day Conference and a celebratory concert by the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Symphony Orchestra.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Day conference will begin at 1:30 p.m. at&nbsp;Mithat&nbsp;\u00c7oruh&nbsp;Auditorium. Prof.&nbsp;G\u00fclsev&nbsp;Kale, Board of Trustees chair, will make an opening speech, and Rector Prof.&nbsp;K\u00fcr\u015fat&nbsp;Aydo\u011fan&nbsp;will make a presentation on \u201cBilkent&nbsp;2026.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will continue with a conference by Prof. Judith&nbsp;Melki, Director of the Molecular&nbsp;Neurogenetics&nbsp;Unit at&nbsp;Inserm,&nbsp;Gen\u00f4pole&nbsp;of&nbsp;Evry, Paris&nbsp;Sud&nbsp;University and head of the Medical Genetics Department at Centre&nbsp;Hospitalier&nbsp;Sud&nbsp;Francilien&nbsp;(Evry), titled \u201cGenomics of Childhood-Onset Neuromuscular Diseases: New Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilkent&nbsp;Day celebrations will end with a special concert by the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Symphony Orchestra at the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Concert Hall. The performance will begin at 8 p.m., with&nbsp;G\u00fcrer&nbsp;Aykal&nbsp;as conductor and Tuna&nbsp;Bilgin&nbsp;as piano soloist. The program will feature W. A. Mozart\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 17 and Symphony No. 40.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 3,&nbsp;2026&nbsp;marks the 111th anniversary of the birth of&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University\u2019s beloved founder, Prof.&nbsp;\u0130hsan&nbsp;Do\u011framac\u0131. Each year,&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;celebrates Prof.&nbsp;Do\u011framac\u0131\u2019s&nbsp;birthday as&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Day, honoring his memory with deepest respect and affection.&nbsp; Bilkent&nbsp;Day includes two main events: the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Day Conference and a celebratory concert by the&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Symphony Orchestra.&nbsp;&nbsp; The 2026&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;Day conference will begin at 1:30 p.m. at&nbsp;Mithat&nbsp;\u00c7oruh&nbsp;Auditorium. Prof.&nbsp;G\u00fclsev&nbsp;Kale, Board of<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10562\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,80,217,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562"}],"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=10562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10593,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562\/revisions\/10593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}