Novelist Ercüment Cengiz Gives Interview at Bilkent
On Tuesday, March 1, the Department of Turkish Literature hosted an interview with Ercüment Cengiz, acclaimed author of the historical novels “Gırnatacı” (The Clarinetist, 2012) and “Çellocu” (The Cellist, 2014). The interview, on the
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Bilkent Student Clubs Host Lecture by Bülent Arınç
On Wednesday, March 2, the Siyaset Platformu Kulübü and Genç Hukukçular Kulübü organized a lecture by former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç. The topic of Mr. Arınç’s talk was “Turkish Politics From Yesterday to
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The International Chronicles
BY TASNEEM AL-GHAMDI (COMD/III) Name: Andrea Peris Department: COMD/III Country of Origin: Spain What do you like best about Turkey? The huge contrast compared to my country. Living in Ankara has given me another
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Capannori
If you’ve seen Pixar’s “Wall-E”—which I would highly recommend you do if you haven’t—there’s a good chance that you’ll feel a tinge of guilt mixed with sadness during the introduction scene, which depicts a
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Sic Semper
In the good old days you couldn’t really get into a ruling position without being a tyrant of some description, and while my hopes are high for Donald Trump, most modern dictators can’t hold
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On Turkish Prog
The English have dominated the rock music genre since the sixties; a very large percentage of the most memorable and influential rock musicians of the second half of twentieth century were English. The case
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Professionally Speaking: Interviews With Experts at Bilkent
BY KAMRAN BAYRAMOV (MAN/IV) Jacques Couvas, currently a senior lecturer on the faculty of Business Administration at Bilkent University, has served as CEO of several multinational companies in different parts of the world. He
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History Prof Visits Music School to Teach Students About US Civil War
On February 25, Asst. Prof. Edward Kohn, Department of History faculty member and chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature, visited a history class at the Bilkent Music Preparatory High School to
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