{"id":11180,"date":"2026-09-15T20:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11180"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:20:58","slug":"academic-administrative-appointments-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11180","title":{"rendered":"Academic Administrative Appointments\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11182\" width=\"171\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/02-001-Anail_akar.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nail Akar was appointed as Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Science.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ozgur-ulusoy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11185\" width=\"173\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ozgur-ulusoy.png 454w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ozgur-ulusoy-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00d6zg\u00fcr Ulusoy was appointed as Chair of the Department of Computer Engineering.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/burcu-urgen-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11186\" width=\"171\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/burcu-urgen-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/burcu-urgen-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/burcu-urgen-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/burcu-urgen.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Burcu Ay\u015fen \u00dcrgen was appointed as Chair of the Neuroscience Program and Director of the Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/09-042-arda-gitmez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11187\" width=\"180\" height=\"272\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arda Gitmez was appointed as Assistant Chair of the Department of Economics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32-008-guneskaramullaoglu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11188\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32-008-guneskaramullaoglu.jpg 397w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32-008-guneskaramullaoglu-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00fcne\u015f Karamullao\u011flu was appointed as Assistant Chair of the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11189\" width=\"176\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image.jpg 425w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ufuk Balaman was appointed as Director of the Teaching English as a Foreign Language Program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nail Akar was appointed as Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Science.&nbsp; 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