{"id":9988,"date":"2026-01-27T15:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9988"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:48:43","slug":"2025-tubitak-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9988","title":{"rendered":"2025 T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Awards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/serkan_kasirga_2x3copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9990\" width=\"182\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/serkan_kasirga_2x3copy-4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/serkan_kasirga_2x3copy-4-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Talip Serkan Kas\u0131rga<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.&nbsp;Talip&nbsp;Serkan&nbsp;Kas\u0131rga&nbsp;from the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) has been recognized by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye&nbsp;(T\u00dcB\u0130TAK).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.&nbsp;Kas\u0131rga&nbsp;received the T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Incentive Award 2025 for his outstanding research on phase transitions in low-dimensional systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Incentive Award is given to scientists under the age of 40 who have&nbsp;demonstrated&nbsp;the potential to provide significant contributions to science at an international level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;alumni also received awards from T\u00dcB\u0130TAK. Prof.&nbsp;Alper&nbsp;Kiraz&nbsp;(EE, 1998) received the T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Science Award for his research on light-based photonic and biomedical imaging technologies,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while&nbsp;Assoc. Prof.&nbsp;Safacan&nbsp;K\u00f6lemen&nbsp;(CHEM 2008, 2010; MSN 2014) received the T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Incentive Award for his work on light-activated therapeutic molecules and molecular sensors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-container-6 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alper_kiraz_sm-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9991\" width=\"181\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alper_kiraz_sm-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alper_kiraz_sm-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alper_kiraz_sm-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alper_kiraz_sm.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alper Kiraz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/safacan_kolemen_sm-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9992\" width=\"185\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/safacan_kolemen_sm-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/safacan_kolemen_sm-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/safacan_kolemen_sm-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/safacan_kolemen_sm.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Safacan K\u00f6lemen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr.&nbsp;Talip&nbsp;Serkan&nbsp;Kas\u0131rga&nbsp;from the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) has been recognized by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye&nbsp;(T\u00dcB\u0130TAK).&nbsp; Dr.&nbsp;Kas\u0131rga&nbsp;received the T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Incentive Award 2025 for his outstanding research on phase transitions in low-dimensional systems.&nbsp; The T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Incentive Award is given to scientists under the age of 40 who have&nbsp;demonstrated&nbsp;the potential<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9988\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,12,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9988"}],"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=9988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10074,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9988\/revisions\/10074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}