{"id":9999,"date":"2026-01-27T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:02:34","slug":"hitay-ozbay-elected-as-principal-member-of-science-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9999","title":{"rendered":"Hitay\u00a0\u00d6zbay\u00a0Elected as Principal Member of Science Academy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prof.&nbsp;Hitay&nbsp;\u00d6zbay&nbsp;of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was elected as principal member of the&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye&nbsp;Science Academy\u2014Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi&nbsp;at the academy\u2019s general assembly in November 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi&nbsp;aims to promote and advance scientific research and knowledge, focusing on the values of scientific merit,&nbsp;freedom&nbsp;and integrity. The academy is composed of scholars,&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;and scientists who have made significant contributions to their respective fields.&nbsp;Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi&nbsp;currently has 235 principal members. With Prof.&nbsp;\u00d6zbay\u2019s&nbsp;election, the number of principal members from&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University has reached 15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof.&nbsp;Hitay&nbsp;\u00d6zbay&nbsp;of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was elected as principal member of the&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye&nbsp;Science Academy\u2014Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi&nbsp;at the academy\u2019s general assembly in November 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bilim&nbsp;Akademisi&nbsp;aims to promote and advance scientific research and knowledge, focusing on the values of scientific merit,&nbsp;freedom&nbsp;and integrity. The academy is composed of scholars,&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;and scientists who have made<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=9999\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10001,"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\/9999"}],"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=9999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10000,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999\/revisions\/10000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}