{"id":10657,"date":"2026-04-07T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10657"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:43:18","slug":"kalbiye-tansel-and-cigdem-barcan-tansel-thesis-awards-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10657","title":{"rendered":"Kalbiye\u00a0Tansel\u00a0and\u00a0\u00c7i\u011fdem\u00a0Bar\u00e7an\u00a0Tansel\u00a0Thesis Awards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;Kalbiye&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u00c7i\u011fdem&nbsp;Bar\u00e7an&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;Thesis Awards ceremony, organized by the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences, took place on Thursday, April 2, at C-Block Auditorium. The ceremony began with opening remarks by Director Prof.&nbsp;Refet&nbsp;S.&nbsp;G\u00fcrkaynak. Prof.&nbsp;Ays\u0131t&nbsp;Tansel,&nbsp;representing&nbsp;the&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;family, was next to speak.&nbsp;At the ceremony, awards were presented for the 2022\u201323 and 2023\u201324 academic years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2022\u201323 academic year, the&nbsp;Kalbiye&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;Best PhD Thesis Award was granted to&nbsp;Elif&nbsp;B\u00fcr\u00fcml\u00fc&nbsp;K\u0131sa&nbsp;(Psychology) for her dissertation titled \u201cMaternal Discourse Styles in the Storytelling and Reminiscing Contexts in Relation to Preschoolers&#8217; Perspective-Taking Abilities,\u201d supervised by Assoc. Prof.&nbsp;Hande&nbsp;Ilgaz. The&nbsp;\u00c7i\u011fdem&nbsp;Bar\u00e7an&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;Best Master\u2019s Thesis Award was awarded to&nbsp;Muhammet&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;Akman&nbsp;(Archaeology) for his thesis \u201cQuantitative Approaches to Hittite Historical Geography: A Network Analysis of Hittite&nbsp;Toponyms,\u201d supervised by Asst. Prof.&nbsp;Nebahat&nbsp;\u0130lgi&nbsp;Ger\u00e7ek.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2023\u201324 academic year, the&nbsp;Kalbiye&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;Best PhD Thesis Award was presented to&nbsp;Buse&nbsp;D\u00fcvero\u011flu&nbsp;(International Relations) for her dissertation \u201cUnveiling the Process Behind Counterinsurgency: Three Essays on the Impact of Leadership, Group and Societal Dynamics on Policymaking,\u201d supervised by Assoc. Prof.&nbsp;Efe&nbsp;Tokdemir. The&nbsp;\u00c7i\u011fdem&nbsp;Bar\u00e7an&nbsp;Tansel&nbsp;Best Master\u2019s Thesis Award was awarded to Hasan&nbsp;Duymu\u015f&nbsp;(Psychology) for his thesis \u201cThe Visual Cortices of Congenitally and&nbsp;Non-Congenitally Blind Individuals Become a Part of Cognitive Control Network,\u201d supervised by Asst. 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