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100th Anniversary of İhsan Doğramacı’s Birth
April 3 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bilkent University’s beloved founder, Prof. İhsan Doğramacı. Each year, Bilkent celebrates Prof. Doğramacı’s birthday as Bilkent Day, honoring his memory with deepest respect and
Read More »TRIN Students Continue to Win Prizes
The fifth annual Young Translators Competition for translation and interpreting students, organized by Turkey’s Ministry of EU Affairs, was held on February 21 in İstanbul. The competitors were fourth-year students from translation and interpreting
Read More »Green Store Bilkent Open for Business
There is now a “green store” on campus, offering the Bilkent community a more sustainable way to shop. Located in the former Garanti Bank space in G Building, the store opened on March 23
Read More »Mor ve Ötesi and Sıla to Headline This Year’s Spring Fest Concerts
This year’s Spring Fest concerts at the Odeon will be held on May 8 and 9, featuring Mor ve Ötesi (Friday) and Sıla (Saturday). Concert tickets will be sold online between Monday, April 13
Read More »Rock Music’s Modern Dilemma
A few days ago, the English alternative rock band Muse released two songs from their upcoming album “Drones.” After their disappointing two latest albums, I still wanted to give them another shot, but unfortunately
Read More »The International Chronicles
Name: Faraz Rafiq Department: Management Country of Origin: Pakistan What do you like best about Turkey? The thing I like most is that the Turkish people respect Pakistanis a lot. They don’t generalize or
Read More »Important Internet Security Information from BCC
Recently, we have seen an Internet fraud/threat becoming more and more widespread. The fraud/threat tries to trick people into opening malicious e-mail attachments by mentioning personal and/or relevant information in the e-mail (such as
Read More »Ex Libris: News From the Library
This will be a very busy week for Bilkent Library! It is Turkey’s 51st Library Week, when we acknowledge and celebrate the role of libraries and librarians in our daily and professional lives. As
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