{"id":11202,"date":"2026-09-15T20:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11202"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:20:31","slug":"philfest-returns-for-fifth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11202","title":{"rendered":"PhilFest Returns for Fifth Year\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PhilFest\u201926, now in its fifth year, will take place on<strong> Saturday, September 26<\/strong>, at the Spring Festival area. Organized by the Department of Philosophy, the Bilkent Philosophical Society and the Bilkent University Library, the festival aims to present philosophy not only as an academic field but as an experience connected to music, dance, art, science and daily life. The day-long program will feature talks, a Lindy Hop dance workshop, \u201cWomen in Philosophy\u201d Pecha Kucha presentations, quiz competitions, exhibitions, interactive posters, a book fair and \u201cCome, Let\u2019s Discuss\u201d tables. Talks include \u201cCinema, Literature and Possible Worlds,\u201d \u201cLife, Nature and Philosophy,\u201d \u201cThe Social Epistemology of Science Communication\u201d and \u201cA Philosophical Look at Quantum Physics.\u201d Speakers include Erkcan \u00d6zcan, Bayram Tekin, Cansu Y\u00fcksel, Mehmet Elgin, Nurcan Seven and \u00d6mer Kamac\u0131. Visitors can browse discounted philosophy books at the book fair and meet philosophy associations and communities from across T\u00fcrkiye. The festival runs from <strong>11 a.m<\/strong>. to <strong>6 p.m<\/strong>., and admission is free. Visitors who are not Bilkent students or staff must register at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/philfest.bilkent.edu.tr\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"philfest.bilkent.edu.tr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">philfest.bilkent.edu.tr<\/a>.<\/strong> In the evening, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra will perform at Bilkent Odeon in a concert with commentary by A. Onur Akta\u015f, bringing philosophy and classical music together on the same stage. The concert begins at<strong> 7 p.m<\/strong>.; tickets are available at<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bso.bilkent.edu.tr.\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"bso.bilkent.edu.tr.\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bso.bilkent.edu.tr.\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"bso.bilkent.edu.tr.\" target=\"_blank\">bso.bilkent.edu.tr<\/a>.<\/strong><\/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\/50x70-poster-731x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11203\" width=\"366\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/50x70-poster-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/50x70-poster-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/50x70-poster-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/50x70-poster.png 857w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhilFest\u201926, now in its fifth year, will take place on Saturday, September 26, at the Spring Festival area. Organized by the Department of Philosophy, the Bilkent Philosophical Society and the Bilkent University Library, the festival aims to present philosophy not only as an academic field but as an experience connected<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11202\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,80,225,224],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202"}],"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=11202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11218,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202\/revisions\/11218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}