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“Orphans” Opens at Bilkent Theater This Week
BY CEREN TURAN (CS/IV) This month, the Bilkent Theater will be staging “Çıkmaz Sokak Çocukları” (Orphans), a three-character play by the American playwright Lyle Kessler. The play is about two orphaned young brothers and
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Bilkent Researchers Receive Prestigious European Research Council Award
Three Bilkent University faculty members have recently received grants from the European Research Council (ERC). Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Bayındır and Asst. Prof. Ömer İlday were awarded ERC Consolidator Grants, and Asst. Prof. Ebru Erbay
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Operational Research Club Presents 9th Youth Academy
Genç Akademi (Youth Academy) is a national conference for university students organized by the Bilkent University Operational Research Club. It takes place every year and has grown to the point where it attracts over
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MBG Faculty Members Receive EMBO Installation Grants
Assistant Professors Özgür Şahin and Deniz Atasoy, members of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics since September 2013, have been awarded the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Installation Grants. Dr. Şahin’s research
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Student Boycott Protests Food Prices
A group of Bilkent University students initiated a boycott on Monday, December 9 in front of the FEASS Building to protest the table d’hote meal prices on campus. Students who are members of the
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Ex Libris: News from the Library
Bilkent University Library has two special events this week. On Tuesday, December 17, we will host the first of our “Bilkent’te Kütüphanecilik Seminerleri” for this year. The seminar will address the important subject of
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IR Talk Focuses on Turkey-Europe-Middle East Triangle
On Wednesday, December 11, Dr. Defne Günay (University of Sheffield, UK) gave a talk to IR faculty members and postgraduate students. Her topic was “Europeanization and State Capacity: Turkey in the Middle East.” One
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Democracy in Turkey Discussed at Polity, Society and the World Seminar
On Wednesday, December 11, the Bilkent University Seminar Series on Polity, Society and the World welcomed distinguished political science scholar Prof. Sabri Sayarı, who delivered a lecture on “Turkey’s Experience with Democracy.” The talk
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