{"id":9621,"date":"2025-11-18T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9621"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:58:58","slug":"human-rights-center-hosts-3rd-essay-competition-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9621","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Center Hosts 3rd Essay Competition Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bilkent University Human Rights Studies Application and Research Center (Bilkent HRC) organized the 3rd Essay Competition under the theme \u201cTechnological Surveillance and Human Rights.\u201d Aiming to promote human rights awareness and support young researchers, this year\u2019s theme addressed current debates surrounding privacy and data protection in the digital age. The winners received their awards at a ceremony held on November 12.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting with opening remarks by Bilkent HRC Director, Asst. Prof. A. Dicle Ergin, the event continued with a keynote lecture, \u201cThe Limits and Possibilities of Law in the Protection of Privacy,\u201d by Assoc. Prof. Duygu Hatipo\u011flu Ayd\u0131n from Hacettepe University Faculty of Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attended by Rector Prof. K\u00fcr\u015fat Aydo\u011fan, Dean of the Faculty of Law Prof. Ba\u015fak Baysal, faculty members, students and guests, the ceremony concluded with the award presentations. Yurdag\u00fcl Koca Ertan received the first-place award; Hatice Fatma Budak received the second-place award as well as the Ege Okant Special Award*; and Figen Durak received the third-place award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(*) The Ege Okant Special Award is presented in memory of Ege Okant, a 2017 graduate of Bilkent University Faculty of Law who lost her life in the 6 February 2023 earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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