{"id":11390,"date":"2026-09-28T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11390"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:12:34","slug":"bilkent-hosts-philfest2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=11390","title":{"rendered":"Bilkent Hosts PhilFest\u20192026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bilkent hosted PhilFest\u201926 on Saturday, September 26, bringing together students, academics and visitors from across T\u00fcrkiye for a full day of philosophical engagement. Running from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Spring Festival Area, the festival brought philosophy into conversation with music, dance, art, science and everyday life. Talks on the stage addressed cinema, literature and possible worlds; life and nature; and the philosophy of quantum physics with speakers including Erkcan \u00d6zcan, Bayram Tekin, Cansu Y\u00fcksel and Mehmet Elgin. A session on the social epistemology of science communication, with Nurcan Seven and \u00d6mer Kamac\u0131 and moderated by \u00c7a\u011f\u0131n Tan Ero\u011flu, was held as part of the Science Caf\u00e9 (Bilim Kafe) series organized by the Council of Higher Education (Y\u00d6K). Participants met with more than 40 philosophy societies and associations from around the country and browsed discounted titles at the book fair. The program also featured prize competitions, exhibitions, interactive posters, \u201cChange My Mind\u201d tables, a dance workshop and PechaKucha presentations on \u201cWomen in Philosophy.\u201d In the evening, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra gave a narrated concert at Bilkent Odeon with A. Onur Akta\u015f, bringing philosophy and classical music together on the same stage. PhilFest \u201926 was organized by the Department of Philosophy, the Bilkent Philosophical Society, the Bilkent University Library, the Bilkent Psychological Counseling and Development Center and the Bilkent Teaching and Learning Support Center.<\/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\/philfest5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11393\" width=\"413\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/philfest5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/philfest5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/philfest5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/philfest5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, 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