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From the Rector
Dear Members of the Bilkent Community, I would like to welcome you all back for the 2020-21 academic year! At the end of the last academic year, we bid farewell to 2,151 graduates as
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Class of 2024 Begins Its Bilkent Journey
This year’s GE100 Orientation, a course designed to welcome incoming students and acclimatize them to the university’s academic and social environment, was held September 10–12. During GE100, students collected the points necessary to receive
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Condolences on the Loss of Akın Yarar
Akın Yarar, a first-year student in the Department of English Language and Literature, passed away in July 2020. We would like to extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family, his friends and
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Faculty of Law Team Takes First Place in Arbitration Competition
The Bilkent Faculty of Law ISTAC (Istanbul Arbitration Center) Moot Court team received the first-place award in ISTAC’s fourth Arbitration Practitioner of the Future Competition, whose final round took place online July 24–26. Coached
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Alev Çınar Receives Bilkent’s 10th MSCA-IF Grant
Vis. Prof. Alev Çınar of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration has been awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Individual Fellowship grant for three years. This is the 10th such grant awarded
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Academic Administrative Changes
Assoc. Prof. Barbaros Çetin was appointed vice chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective March 12, 2020. Assoc. Prof. Çetin took over the position from Assoc. Prof. İlker Temizer. Prof.
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Aynur Dayanık, Instructor in the Department of Computer Engineering, was conferred the rank of Lecturer, effective June 1, 2020. Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş Çukur, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and
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Support and Transportation Services manager Tuncay İbiş was appointed vice secretary general of the university, effective September 1, 2020. Support and Transportation Services, along with the Housing Office, Environmental Planning and Protection Unit, Cafeterias
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