Bilkent University Library

Painting Exhibition: “Challenging Gravity”
2016-04-14 10:30 - 2016-05-11 18:00 (Europe/Istanbul) | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Everyone is invited to the exhibition entitled “Challenging Gravity” by seven artists to show their works about cats from 14 April-11 May 2016 in the Bilkent University Library Art Gallery. The exhibit will be open every day (except Sundays) from 10:30-18:00.

Write & Draw Bilkent Contest
2016-03-07 - 2016-05-06 | Virtual Event, Bilkent University Central Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled “Write & Draw Bilkent Contest” are now available:
Poem:

Teymur Nabili (MAN)
Meryem Canan Durak (ARCH)
Rıdvan Çelik (CS)

Essay:

Sinan Sonlu (COMD)
Ferdi Karadaş (CHEM)
Onur Erdem (EE)

Caricature:

Sinan Sonlu (COMD)
Selim Mıdıkoğlu (CS)
Göksu Eser (COMD)

Painting Exhibition: “Visitors”
2016-02-17 10:30 - 2016-03-24 18:00 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Everyone is invited of the exhibition entitled “Visitors” by Mineke Reinders and Zeki Fındıkoğlu between 17 February and 24 March 2016 in the Bilkent University Library Art Gallery. The exhibit will be open every day (except Sundays) between 10:30-18:00.

Painting Exhibition: Güven Zeyrek
2015-12-18 10:30 - 2016-01-10 18:00 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Everyone is invited an exhibition of paintings by Güven Zeyrek between 18 December 2015 and 10 January 2016 in the Bilkent University Library Art Gallery. The exhibit will be open every day (except Sundays) between 10:30-18:00.

Reality Constructed: How Does the Visual System Work?
2015-12-16 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Boyacı
“Reality Constructed: How Does the Visual System Work?”

Department of Psychology and Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
POSTER of “Reality Constructed: How Does the Visual System Work?”

BiographyHüseyin Boyacı completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in the Department of Physics, Bilkent University. For his doctoral research, he worked on computational models of high-temparature superconductivity. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1999, he conducted postdoctoral studies at the Center for Neural Sciences and Department of Psychology at New York University, and the Department of Psychology in University of Minnesota. He joined the Department of Psychology in Bilkent University as faculty member in 2008.
Dr. Boyacı’s current research focuses on human visual perception, using behavioral, computational and neuroimaging methods. His projects have been supported by research grants from TUBITAK, TUBA and the EU.
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Exhibition of Paintings: Fatih Kızılcan
2015-12-06 09:30 - 2015-12-15 17:00 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Everyone is invited to an exhibition of paintings by Fatih Kızılcan between November 6 and December 15, 2015 in the Bilkent University Library Art Gallery. The exhibit will be open every day (except Sundays) between 10:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.

One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey
2015-11-25 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Margaret Sands, Dr. Armağan Ateşkan, Sıla Sagun
“One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey”

Dr. Margaret Sands, (EDUC) / Dr.Armağan Ateşkan, (EDUC) / Sıla Sagun, (BLIS)
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
POSTER of “IB OR NOT IB: THE KEY TO UNIVERSITY SUCCESS?”

BiographyMargaret Sands joined Bilkent in 2000 as the director of the new Graduate School of Education. Before then she worked at YÖK for five years as team-leader of the World Bank project in pre-service teacher education. She began her career as a school teacher in England, moving to the University of Nottingham where she became the director of the PGCE program. While at Nottingham she worked in many countries for Unesco, UNDP, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and with other projects. She is the author, co-author or editor of over 40 books aimed at science education.
Armağan Ateşkan (BS İstanbul Technical University, MA Bilkent University, PhD Middle East Technical University) joined Bilkent University Graduate School of Education in September 2002 as an instructor, and teaches MA courses. She has also worked at Özel Bilkent Lisesi as a biology teacher and as an educational technologist at an international school in Belgium. Her interests are ICT in education, education for sustainability, international education, computational thinking, mLearning, STEM and outdoor education. She is leading international and TÜBİTAK research projects at Bilkent University.
Sıla Sagun has a BSc degree in biology from Ankara University, and an MA in biology teacher education from Bilkent University. She is a PhD candidate in curriculum and instruction at Bilkent University. Ms Sagun has been working as a biology teacher 2009, and is currently the head of the high school science department, at Bilkent Laboratory and International School.
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Pictures from an Economist’s Exhibition: Reflections on the Global and Turkish Economy
2015-10-21 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Erinç Yeldan
“Pictures from an Economist’s Exhibition: Reflections on the Global and Turkish Economy”

Department of Economics, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
POSTER of “Pictures from an Economist’s Exhibition: Reflections on the Global and Turkish Economy”

BiographyProf. Erinc Yeldan received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota,USA, in 1988 and joined the Department of Economics at Bilkent in the same year. He served as Chair of the Economics Department between 1998 and 2003. In 1994-95 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Minnesota where he taught Applied General Equilibrium Analysis. He later visited the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. and worked as a research associate. During 2007-08 he was a Fulbright scholar at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and at Amherst College. Dr. Yeldan’s recent work focuses on development macroeconomics and on empirical, dynamic general equilibrium models with emphasis on the Turkish economy. He is one of the executive directors of the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs), New Delhi. He was a recipient of Young Scientist Award of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) in 1998. His works were cited among the list of Top 500 Economists by a research conducted by the European Economic Association in 2001. Dr. Yeldan is married and has three daughters. He enjoys life, in particular football; and he plays an alto sax.
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Library Song Lyrics (20 October – 16 November 2015)
2015-10-20 - 2015-11-16 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled “Library Song Lyrics Competition” are now available:

Süleyman Bölükbaş(AMER)
Efe Akçasayar(CS)
Ahmet Emre Sehim(IR)

The Constitutional Complaint as an Alternative Way of Political Conciliation? Selected Topics
2015-05-12 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ece Göztepe
“The Constitutional Complaint as an Alternative Way of Political Conciliation? Selected Topics”

Faculty of Law, Bilkent University.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
POSTER of “The Constitutional Complaint as an Alternative Way of Political Conciliation? Selected Topics”

BiographyShe received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Law from Ankara University (1993 and 1996). She then completed her doctoral research in 2001 at Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, where she also lectured. She joined Bilkent University in 2005, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009. She offers courses on Turkish Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Review, and also Film, Literature and Law.
Her main fields of research include Turkish and German constitutional law, European public law, the theory of fundamental rights, constitutional review and gender equality. Dr. Goztepe has published many papers in both international and Turkish laws journals, including Europäische Grundrechte Zeitschrift; Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts; Berliner Debatte Initial; Revue Française de Géopolitique; German Policy Studies; and Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. She has authored and co-authored a number of books, in Turkish as well as German, including: Demokratik Anayasa. Görüşler ve Öneriler (2012); Avrupa Birliği’nin Siyasal Bütünleşmesi ve Egemenlik Yetkisinin Paylaşılması Sorunu (2008); Die Unionsbürgerschaft und ihre Fortentwicklung im Hinblick auf die politischen Rechte (2003); and Anayasa Şikayeti (1998).
For the academic year 2012-13, Dr. Goztepe was recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s “Experienced Researcher Fellowship” at the Berlin Free University, and since 2014 she has had the status of Honorary Scientific Ambassador to Turkey for the same Foundation.
Her personal interests include the compositions of Bach, German cabaret and biography. He is married and has a 7 year old daughter.
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Treasure Hunt in the Library (8 May 2015)
2015-05-08 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled ” Treasure Hunt in the Library” Competition” is now available:

Murat Can Becerir & Mert Önal
Harun Özdemir & İdil Özakça
Elif Eser & Elnaz Gültekin &Ege Barış Kanık

Painting Exhibition: Kadir Öztoprak and Yasemin Kayabası
2015-04-28 11:00 - 2015-06-05 18:00 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Bilkent University Library Art Gallery will host an exhibition of painting by Kadir Öztoprak and Yasemin Kayabası exhibition, between 28 April – 5 June 2015. The exhibit will be open every day (except Sundays and Mondays) between 11.00 and 18.00.
The exhibition and the opening are open to all interested members of the Bilkent community.

Some comments on transdisciplinary science methodology
2015-04-02 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Orhan Güvenen
“Some comments on transdisciplinary science methodology”

Department of Institute of World Systems, Economies and Strategic Research, DSEE, Bilkent University.
Thursday, 2 April 2015
POSTER of “Some comments on transdisciplinary science methodology”

BiographyProf. Orhan Güvenen is an expert in the fields of Strategic Decision Systems, Information Systems, Econometrics and International Economy. He holds a B.Sc. in Econometrics from İstanbul Üniversitesi, and his M.Sc., in Econometrics, from the Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Econometrics and International Economy, also from La Sorbonne, in 1975. From 1979-1988, Prof. Güvenen was Research Director and Professor of Applied Econometrics at the Université Paris, during which time he also worked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris.
Prof. Güvenen joined Bilkent University in 1988, as Professor of Strategic Decision Systems, Econometrics and International Economics, and as founding director of the Institute of World Systems, Economies and Strategic Research (DSEE). He has been Chair of the Department of Accounting Information Systems since August 2000, and is also a member of the executive board of the UNAM National Nanotechnology Research Center, as well as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Strategy, Economy and Industry at Bilkent. From 1997 – 2009, he worked closely with the Prime Ministry of Turkey and held various administrative roles for UNESCO. He is currently the president of the Applied Econometrics Association.
Prof. Güvenen has published numerous books and papers internationally and in Turkey, and holds many awards and honors. As well as being a native Turkish speaker, he also speaks fluent English, French and Italian.
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The Library of Tomorrow, Today Poster Competition (30 March 2015)
2015-03-30 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled “The Library of Tomorrow, Today” Poster Competition” is now available:

Anıl Karasaç(COMD)
Övgü Cansu Şahin(EEE)
Görkem Bozkurt(PHYS)

Things Hidden Behind the Numbers of İnce Memeds
2015-03-05 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Fazlı Can
“Things Hidden Behind the Numbers of İnce Memeds”
Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University.

Thursday, 5 March 2015
POSTER of “Things Hidden Behind the Numbers of İnce Memeds”

BiographyProf. Fazlı Can received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering and his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. During his PhD studies in 1982 and 1983, he was a research assistant at Arizona State University and worked as an engineer at Intel Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona on the RAP database machine project.
He is a professor of Computer Engineering at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Before joining Bilkent University he was a tenured full professor at Miami University, Oxford, OH. He was one of the two co-editors of the *ACM SIGIR Forum* between 1995 and 2002. He has published several papers in computer science conferences and journals and received the Sigma Xi Miami University Researcher of the Year Award in 1998. He has served on the program committees of several international conferences, workshops, and NSF and TÜBİTAK panels.
His more recent funded research projects are on new event detection and topic tracking in news portals, novelty detection in topic tracking, chronological news summarization, and analysis of Ottoman texts and poetry. He is a co-founder of the Bilkent Information Retrieval Group. He enjoys reading and surprises of life.
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One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey
2014-12-18 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
V. Assistant Professor Jason Hale & Meltem Keskin
“One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey”

Jason Hale, Bilkent V. Assistant Professor / Theatre Department Chair and Meltem Keskin, Bilkent Theater Department Instructor / Ankara State Theatre Artist
Thursday, 18 December 2014
POSTER of “One on One conversation: Directing American Plays in Turkey”

Biographyason Hale is an American theatre director and teacher of acting, with over twenty years of experience as a professional actor, director and producer in New York City, at theatres across the United States and internationally. Jason Hale has an M.A. in Directing from Antioch University and worked for many years as an assistant to director John Uecker and as a personal assistant to writer James Purdy. He has directed internationally in Turkey and Mexico and at many diverse theatres in New York City such as La MaMa ETC, St. Mark’s Theatre, Triad Theatre, Bank Street Theater, Theatre for the New City, 45th Street Theatre, Phil Bosakowski Theatre, CSV, Kraine Theater, Stella Adler Studio Theater, New Actors Workshop Theater, RAW Space, and the Times Square Arts Center. Regionally he has developed and directed new works at theatres in Pennslyvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Long Island, New York.
As a teacher of acting, Jason is a qualified teacher of the Viola Spolin improvisational technique, having worked and studied privately with Ms. Spolin’s son, director Paul Sills, for many years. Jason is in demand internationally as a teacher of this technique, having trained students in this work throughout the U.S., and from Mexico to Turkey. In addition, he also has a thorough knowledge of modern acting theory, having taught in such diverse schools as the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, New York University- Tisch School of the Arts, New Actors Workshop, Antioch University McGregor, HB Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York Film Academy and in many workshops with the Screen Actors Guild, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and several theaters and groups across the U.S. Internationally, he has taught at the Olusum Drama Institute in Istanbul and Ankara, Istanbul University State Conservatory, Spolin IST, Maltepe University, Robert College of Istanbul, and in 2010 and 2012 at ACTUANDO SIN ACTUAR, an international acting method festival in Auguascalientes, Mexico. Jason currently directs and teaches as Visiting Assistant Professor at Bilkent University in Ankara Turkey.
As a professional actor, Jason has performed in theater, film and televison. He is a 1993 graduate of the New Actors Workshop in NYC where he trained as an actor full-time with Mike Nichols, George Morrison and Paul Sills. As a longtime member of the Actors’ Equity Association, Jason has performed in over 50 classical and contemporary plays at both Off and Off Off Broadway theater groups in New York City and at such regional theaters and ensembles as the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Baltimore Theatre Project, Touchstone Theatre, Pennsylvania Stage Company, Blue Circle Theater Company in Door County, Wisconsin, Montauk Theatre, Bearsville Theatre, and the Tamarind Theater in Los Angeles.
In 2012, Jason was selected by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars to become a roster candidate to teach internationally as a US Fulbright Scholar Specialist.
Jason is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).
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“Ghost in the Library” (21 November 2014)
2014-11-21 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The result of the library competition entitled “Ghost in the Library” Competition” is now available:

Gonca Araz

Markov and His Chains
2014-11-20 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Tuğrul Dayar
“Markov and His Chains”

Associate Provost, Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
POSTER of “Markov and His Chains”

BiographyTuğrul Dayar received his BS degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1989, and the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science with a minor in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 1991 and 1994, respectively. Since 1995, he has been with the Department of Computer Engineering at Bilkent, where he is now a full professor. While at Bilkent, he has received an Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation Research Fellowship, a Young Scientist Award from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), and an Incentive Award from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). He has also taken sabbatical leaves of one year each at Technical University of Dresden and Saarland University, Germany. His research interests are in the areas of performance modeling/analysis and scientific computing with applications to bioinformatics and computer networks. His book titled “Analyzing Markov Chains using Kronecker Products: Theory and Applications” has been published by Springer. He is a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, American Mathematical Society (AMS), Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) – Activity Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG/LA), and a senior member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation (SIGMETRICS), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Computer Society (CS). He also is an evaluator for the Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MÜDEK) in Computer Engineering. Before being appointed as Associate Provost, he has served for about three years as the Associate Dean of Engineering responsible from student affairs at Bilkent.
Professor Dayar enjoys attending concerts, biking, and gardening.
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“Shelfie” Competition (14 November 2014)
2014-11-14 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The results of the photograph competition entitled “Shelfie: Library Selfie Competition “ are now available:

Muhammed Bilgin
Hale Erkan
Tansel Asan
Uygar Parçal

All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver: Ancient Anatolian jewellery unveiled
2014-10-23 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Thomas Zimmermann
“All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver: Ancient Anatolian jewellery unveiled”
Assistant Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Archaeology, Bilkent University

Thursday, 23 October 2014
POSTER of “All that glitters is not gold, nor all that sparkles silver: Ancient Anatolian jewellery unveiled”

BiographyThomas Zimmermann graduated from the University of Regensburg, Germany, where he completed his studies in Pre- and Protohistory, European Ethnology and Classical Archaeology. For his PhD project he was based with scholarship at the Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum Mainz, an internationally renowned research institute, studying Copper Age burials with daggers in their technological and social dimensions, as part of the Early Elites Research Cluster. In 2003, he succumbed to the oriental lure and moved to Turkey, where he is currently appointed as Assistant Professor and Acting Chair at the Department of Archaeology at Bilkent University, Ankara. His versatile research interests include science in archaeology, early metallurgy, the emergence of elites in 3rd millennium BC Asia Minor, and the history of archaeological methodology.
He has participated in numerous digs in Germany and Turkey. His fieldwork experience extends from excavating medieval tanneries and Late Bronze Age hilltop settlements in Bavaria to Hittite towns in Eastern Cappadocia. His current research focus is set on Bronze Age metal production and consumption, particularly non-destructive spectrographic analyses of 3rd and 2nd millennium metal objects from Anatolia, to reveal their elementary composition. His studies in collaboration with Ankara University, the Sarayköy Nuclear Research and Training Centre (SANAEM) and the Museum for Anatolian Civilizations are published in reputed peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Antiquity, and Oxford Journal of Archaeology, alongside with numerous other articles on interregional trade, early elites and various other metal age phenomena at large. One of his recent joint publications (T. Zimmermann/ N. Dilek/ T. Kağan Önder, Ein neues Schwert vom Typus ‘Arslantepe’ – frühmetallzeitliche Waffentechnologie zwischen Repräsentation und Ritual. Mit einem archäometrischen Beitrag von Latif Özen und Abdullah Zararsız. Praehistorische Zeitschrift 86, 2011, 1-7) discusses one of the oldest swords in World history, dating to about 3.000 BC, erroneously filed as a “Roman knife” in a museum collection. He is currently coordinating the scientific analyses of Neo-Assyrian metal artifacts from Ziyaret Tepe, Bismil, and worked on Early Bronze Age metal finds from settlements and cemeteries in the Eskişehir plain, and the metals from Kinet Höyük this summer.
His MA and PhD theses have appeared as monographs (RGZM Catalogue and Monograph Series, Mainz 2006 and 2007); and he co-edited the “Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia” conference proceedings with Charles Gates and Jacques Morin (BAR International Series, Oxford 2009). That aside, he loves to watch Dr. Who and vintage James Bond flicks, and to accumulate mechanical timepieces, old maps and Star Wars collectibles.
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Well-Done! On Chemistry and Cooking
2014-05-14 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Ulrike Salzner
“Well-Done! On Chemistry and Cooking”

Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
POSTER of “Well-Done! On Chemistry and Cooking”

BiographyAssoc. Prof Ulrike Salzner studied chemistry at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen Germany. She obtained a doctorate in natural sciences in 1993 under supervision of Prof. v. R. Schleyer, for theoretical investigation of structures and electron affinities of small molecules and anomeric effects in sugars. She moved then to DeKalb, Illinois to do post doctoral research on pericyclic reactions involving low-valent phosphorous compounds with Prof. S. M. Bachrach at Northern Illinois University. During a second post doctoral appointment at University and Memorial University of Newfound land, Canada with Profs. P. Pickup, R. Poirier, and J. Lagowski she began investigating conducting and organic polymers with density functional theory and started teaching general chemistry classes. In 1997 she joint the Chemistry Department of Bilkent University as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2000. At Bilkent she teaches general chemistry, applied quantum chemistry courses and recently food chemistry. She continues theoretical research on conducting organic polymers. She has published over 40 articles in SCI journals, including three invited reviews and received over 1500 citations.
Teaching food chemistry she combines her interest in cooking with her scientific background in chemistry. Apart from cooking she loves to read, and do sports, especially playing tennis, hiking, biking and horse-back riding. She is married (to an excellent hobby cook) and has a grown up son who studies computer science.
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Photography Competition (4 April 2014)
2014-04-04 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Begüm Konor (MAN)
Murat Can Yıldız (MAN)
İrem Abul (LAW)
Alp Taner Tirben (MAN)

A Typical Turkish Leadership Style: Paternalistic Leadership Comparisons within Turkey and Cross-Nationally
2014-04-02 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Prof. Carnot Nelson
“A Typical Turkish Leadership Style: Paternalistic Leadership Comparisons within Turkey and Cross-Nationally”

Visiting Professor, Chair Department of Psychology Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
POSTER of “English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities”

BiographyCarnot Nelson was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his doctorate in social psychology from Columbia University. Prior to joining the psychology faculty at the University of South Florida, he was on the faculty of Emory University and The Johns Hopkins University. At USF he was a member of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology doctoral program. He spent two years at the National Institute of Education in Washington, D.C. as an Intergovernmental Fellow. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.
In August 2006 he came to Turkey for the first time as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer at Hacettepe and Middle East Technical Universities which followed his retirement from USF. He returned to Turkey in 2009, when his wife Alice received a Fulbright, and taught two courses at Bilkent University. He returned to Bilkent as a Visiting Professor in 2011 and after spending the fall 2012 semester in Tampa returned to Bilkent in January 2013. His previous research focused on the utilization of scientific knowledge and program evaluation. His present research on paternalistic leadership and emotional labor both within Turkey and cross nationally.
He spends his free time reading mysteries and history. He and his wife Alice recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They have two sons and four grandsons.
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Shop advertising in English in a lingua franca context: making sense of language use
2014-03-05 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Louisa Buckingham
“Shop advertising in English in a lingua franca context: making sense of language use”

Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
POSTER of “Shop advertising in English in a lingua franca context: making sense of language use”

BiographyLouisa is of New Zealand heritage but was born in India and partially raised in Germany. She studied linguistics through to PhD level at universities in New Zealand, Austria, Australia and Spain and has held lecturing positions at universities in Turkey, Bosnia and Oman. In addition to academia, Louisa has also been a project assistant on a post – war reconstruction project in Bosnia and was a senior analyst for Latin A merica and Europe in the New Zealand government sector. Her recent research has focused on the use of English as a lingua franca, attitudes to accents in English and second language writing.
In her free time Louisa has become an enthusiastic sign hunter, which combines well with her enjoyment of slow – motion jogging.
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Essay Competition (5 February 2014)
2014-02-05 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
As part of the GE 250 – 251 program, the results of the Essay Competition entitled “My First Library Experience” are now available:

Emina Hasanagic (POLS) – “ My First Visit to the Library ”
Anıl Rızaoğlu (EE) – “ Göz Göze Gelmek Bilkent Kütüphanesi’yle ”
Alper Özyurt (MAN) – “ Sonsuzluk Özlemi ”

Colour Design in the Built Environment
2013-12-18 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Nilgün Olguntürk
“Colour Design in the Built Environment”

Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University.
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
POSTER of “Colour Design in the Built Environment”

BiographyNilgün Olguntürk is an associate professor and the acting chair of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. She received her B.Arch. and MA in architecture and PhD in interior architecture. Her professional experience has included appointments as research fellow at the London South Bank University and as instructor at the Middle East Technical University. She has worked on research projects in the UK for NHS Estates (Department of Health) on color design in hospitals and EPSRC/DTLR LINK (Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions) on color, visual impairment and transport environments. She has over ten years of research and experience on color perception, color preference and color design in interiors. Her current research and teaching include interior design studio, basic design, color and lighting, graduate studio and universal design. Her work has appeared in various journals such as Color Research and Application, Optics and Laser Technology, Building and Environment and Architectural Science Review.
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Turkish Economy during the AKP Rule
2013-11-21 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Refet Gürkaynak
“Turkish Economy during the AKP Rule”

Department of Economics, Bilkent University.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
POSTER of “Turkish Economy during the AKP Rule”

BiographyRefet Gürkaynak is an associate professor of economics at Bilkent University and a research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. He has a BA from Bilkent and a PhD from Princeton Universities, both in economics. Prior to his current position he was an economist at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve Board. Gürkaynak’s research interests are monetary economics, financial markets and international economics. In particular, he has worked on extracting information from asset prices that help answer monetary policy related questions. His research along these lines has been published in journals such as /Journal of Monetary Economics, International Journal of Central Banking/ and /American Economic Review/. He has been the recipient of awards from the Central Bank of Turkey, the European Central Bank and the Turkish Academy of Sciences. He has editorial roles at the Journal of Monetary Economic and Economic Policy and has been a consultant to various central banks, including the Central Bank of Turkey and the European Central Bank.
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Homicidal Sleepwalkers: Can We Blame Them
2013-10-10 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Dr. Simon Wigley
“Homicidal Sleepwalkers: Can We Blame Them?”

Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
POSTER of “Homicidal Sleepwalkers: Can We Blame Them?”

BiographySimon Wigley is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent.
Tijen received her B.Sc. and M.A. degrees in English Language Teaching, and earned her Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English from Cambridge University.
Dr. Wigley is from New Zealand and received his B.A. in Philosophy and Politics (Double Major) from the University of Otago in 1990. He holds both M.S. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees in Political Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research is in the areas of ethics and political philosophy, with an emphasis on moral responsibility, distributive justice and democratic theory.
In his spare time Dr Wigley indulges in (painfully slow) cross-country running and the occasional (also painfully slow) marathon. He is not a sleepwalker.
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Image Competition (7 May 2013)
2013-05-07 | Central Library, Bilkent Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
The results of the library “image competition”, entitled A Beautiful Mind organized for the GE250-251 program are now available:

Uğur Özgümüştaş (FA)
Bengi Zeybek (LAW)
Emre Karagözoğlu (EE)

English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities
2013-05-02 12:40 - 13:30 | Art Gallery, A Block -1st Floor, Bilkent University Library, Ankara, Cankaya, 06800, Turkey
Asst. Prof. Tijen Akşit
“English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities”

Faculty Academic English Program (Director); Graduate School of Education, Bilkent University.
Thursday, 2 May 2013
POSTER of “English for Academic Purposes: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities”

BiographyTijen Aksit has been affiliated with Bilkent University for more than 20 years. She has been the Director of the Faculty Academic English (FAE) Program since 2007, and a faculty member of the Graduate School of Education since 2011. Previously, she held appointments in the English Language Preparatory Program. Tijen teaches courses both in the Faculty Academic English and M.A. in Management in Education Programs. She also organizes and teaches FAE in-service teacher training certificate program courses in Teaching English for Academic Purposes.
Tijen received her B.Sc. and M.A. degrees in English Language Teaching, and earned her Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English from Cambridge University.
Tijen is a member of International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, English Language Teachers Association in Turkey, Global Forum for English for Academic Purposes Professionals, and European Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes. She serves as a reviewer for some Social Sciences Citation Indexed Journals such as International Journal of Educational Development, Gender and Education, and Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Tijen’s publications and paper presentations focus on topics such as school effectiveness and improvement, teacher appraisal systems, teacher action research, and teaching English for academic purposes. She is the author of the book entitled Characteristics of Effective Schools. Her other research interests include educational leadership, English language teacher development, and content based English for Academic Purposes instruction.
Tennis, yoga and meditation are among Tijen’s hobbies. Tijen is married to Asst. Prof. Dr. Necmi Aksit, Assistant Director of Bilkent University Graduate School of Education. The two met on the first day of their university freshman year, and have been together since then. Their son, Derin, is a sophomore in the department of Economics, Bilkent University.
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