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Bilkent Mourns Ayser Doğramacı
Ayser Doğramacı, beloved wife of our founder, Prof. İhsan Doğramacı, and mother of Prof. Ali Doğramacı, chairman of the Board of Trustees, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018. Funeral services were held on
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Bilkent Pays Homage to Atatürk
November 10, 2018, marked the 80th anniversary of the death of Turkey’s beloved Atatürk. Bilkent University commemorated the solemn occasion over the course of two days with several events. On Friday, November 9, a
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Faculty of Law Professors Join ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Prof. Bilgin Tiryakioğlu and Prof. Osman Berat Gürzumar of the Faculty of Law have been appointed as academicians and practicing arbitrators to the Commission on Arbitration and ADR (Amicable Dispute Resolution) of the International
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Arrival at the Sublime Porte: Bilkent and the National Library of Scotland Research Collaboration
BY SHAHRZAD SEYFAFJEHI (CS/IV) In 1812, Henrietta Marchant Liston, botanist and diarist, arrived in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, İstanbul – better known to most Europeans at the time as Constantinople. She traveled
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UNICEF Fair Is Next Week
Each fall, UNICEF volunteers hold a fair on campus to benefit children in need. This year’s fair will take place November 20–24, in Building 49 in the Main Campus faculty housing area. The doors
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THEA Students Explore the World of Ancient Greek Theater
This semester, the Department of Performing Arts gave students a hands-on experience of ancient Greek drama, organizing two special workshops in October. During the week beginning October 21, the department hosted Arkadiusz Klucznik from
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Is Humanity Being Recoded? Digital Media Expert Says Yes
BY ÜLKÜ AKKUZU (POLS/III) On November 2, Bernhard Serexhe, an art historian, author and independent international curator specializing in electronic and digital art, gave a talk at Bilkent as the guest of the Department
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FACULTY Q&A: Interview with Ali Sinan Sertöz
BY AFSHAN NABI (MBG/IV) Why did you become a scientist? The word “scientist” was not in our everyday vocabulary when we were in high school. It was a word associated with spectacular results mentioned
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