{"id":10622,"date":"2026-04-07T14:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10622"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:46:03","slug":"bilkent-faculty-receive-bagep-awards-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10622","title":{"rendered":"Bilkent\u00a0Faculty Receive BAGEP Awards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Six&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;faculty members have received the Distinguished Young Scientist (BAGEP) awards for 2026. The awards are given by the Science Academy Association (Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi),&nbsp;established&nbsp;in 2011 \u201cto promote, practice and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom and integrity.\u201d The&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of the BAGEP program is to recognize highly promising young scientists and&nbsp;assist&nbsp;them in furthering their investigations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The awardees are: Asst. Prof.&nbsp;\u00c7a\u011flayan&nbsp;Ba\u015fer&nbsp;(Department of International Relations), Asst. Prof.&nbsp;\u00d6zlem&nbsp;Tu\u011ffe&nbsp;Demir&nbsp;(Department of Electrical \u2013 Electronics Engineering), Asst. Prof.&nbsp;Alireza&nbsp;Fatollahi&nbsp;(Department of Philosophy), Asst. Prof.&nbsp;Enis&nbsp;Kaya (Department of Mathematics), Asst. Prof. Alexander Paul Moran (Department of Philosophy), Asst. Prof.&nbsp;Zahide&nbsp;Pamir&nbsp;Karatok&nbsp;(Department of Psychology).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BAGEP 2026 Awards Ceremony will be held on <strong>Saturday, April 18.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-4 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-055-Caglayan-BaserA-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10630\" width=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-055-Caglayan-BaserA-edited-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-055-Caglayan-BaserA-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12-055-Caglayan-BaserA-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00d6zlem Tu\u011ffe Demir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10631\" width=\"205\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited.jpg 1909w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHIL_ALIREZA_FATOLLAHi_01-edited-1535x2048.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alireza Fatollahi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-8 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MATH_ENiSKAYA_02-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10635\" width=\"197\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MATH_ENiSKAYA_02-edited-scaled.jpg 1919w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MATH_ENiSKAYA_02-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MATH_ENiSKAYA_02-edited-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MATH_ENiSKAYA_02-edited-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MATH_ENiSKAYA_02-edited-1535x2048.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Enis Kaya<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260331-WA0011-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10636\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260331-WA0011-edited.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260331-WA0011-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260331-WA0011-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alexander Paul Moran<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10-029-Azahidepamir-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10637\" width=\"197\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10-029-Azahidepamir-edited.jpg 624w, 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The awards are given by the Science Academy Association (Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi),&nbsp;established&nbsp;in 2011 \u201cto promote, practice and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom and integrity.\u201d The&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of the BAGEP program is to recognize highly promising young scientists and&nbsp;assist&nbsp;them in furthering<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10622\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,12,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10622"}],"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=10622"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10677,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10622\/revisions\/10677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}