{"id":5018,"date":"2023-09-19T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5018"},"modified":"2023-09-19T11:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:40:54","slug":"alumni-gather-for-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5018","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Gather for Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT4921-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5027\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT4921-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT4921-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT4921-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT4921-1-165x109.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The traditional Alumni Homecoming (MEH), organized by the Career and Alumni Office, was held on Sunday, September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rector K\u00fcr\u015fat Aydo\u011fan opened the event with a speech in which he discussed the current state of the university, plans for the future, and what can be done to strengthen alumni university solidarity and improve cooperation programs with alumni. A reception followed, and Bilkent alumni had the opportunity to meet with deans and faculty members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the fair, Bilkent graduates and their families enjoyed an unforgettable day visiting design stands, attending workshops, enjoying live music and outdoor toys and trying their luck in the traditional lottery draw.<\/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\/2023\/09\/UMUT5005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5023\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5005.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5005-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5005-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/2023\/09\/UMUT5084.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5024\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5084.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5084-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5084-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5084-165x109.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/2023\/09\/UMUT5154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5026\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5154.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5154-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UMUT5154-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional Alumni Homecoming (MEH), organized by the Career and Alumni Office, was held on Sunday, September 17. Rector K\u00fcr\u015fat Aydo\u011fan opened the event with a speech in which he discussed the current state of the university, plans for the future, and what can be done to strengthen alumni university<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5018\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80,136,133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018"}],"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=5018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5028,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5018\/revisions\/5028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}