History of Turkey/HIST 200 is a compulsory course for all Bilkent undergraduate students. This course is designed to encourage students to work in group projects on any topic of their choice that relates to the history of Turkey. Since the 2011 spring semester, students from each department at the University have presented their projects for review by a panel led by Prof. Özer Ergenç of the Department of History. Those projects judged best of the academic year receive awards at a ceremony held the following September.
The award ceremony for projects completed during the fall, spring and summer terms of the 2013-2014 academic year took place on October 14, 2014, in C-Block Auditorium. Out of a total of 462 projects completed, 10 were chosen for recognition and awards. Those project teams received certificates as well as ‘’Devlet-i ‘Aliyye: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Üzerine Araştırmalar I ve II’’ by Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık.
The ceremony started with Assistant Professor Berrak Burçak’s opening remarks, stressing the importance of effective education and teaching in general, and appropriate history education in particular. A talk by Prof. Özer Ergenç, entitled “Learning History Begins with the Immediate Environment,” followed. Emphasizing the uniqueness of history among social sciences, Prof. Ergenç discussed various approaches to learning history and concluded by highlighting the innovative aspects of the HIST 200 course.
Then, the award recipients presented their projects. Their enthusiasm in sharing their learning experiences and their glowing comments about the team process ended the ceremony on a very happy note.
FIRST PRIZE
- “ TÜRKİYE’NİN İLK BİLGİSAYAR LABORATUVARI: BİLKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ’NE BİLGİSAYARIN GELİŞİ” Göktuğ Kağan Yüksel, Murat Alp Güngen, Mert Özateş, Yaşar Sinan Nasır, Alper Özaslan (All EE students)
SECOND PRIZE
- “GÖKDAĞ AİLESİNİN 1915-1935 YILLARI ARASINDAKİ YAŞANTILARI, SİBİRYA’YA SÜRGÜNLERİ VE TÜRKİYE’YE ZORUNLU GÖÇÜ” Yasemin Gökdağ (IE), Simge Koç (IE), Yağmur Meral Algül (IE), Kerem Kendirli (IE), Zübeyir Oflaz (POLS)
THIRD PRIZE
- “TÜRK MATEMATİĞİNİN JAPON PRENSİ MASATOSHI GÜNDÜZ İKEDA (1926-2003)” Serdar Nair (MATH), Gökhan Kahraman (MATH), Gökhan Burak Erdem (CS), Muhammed İkbal Ulvi (MATH), Hüseyin Reşit Onur Erdem (CHEM)
MERIT AWARDS
- “ANKARA’DA BULUNAN DANS AYAKKABICISI İSMAİL USTA” Uğur Orhan, Yağmur Öykü Yönet, İsmet Atasoy, Işılsu Köseoğlu, Geysu Geylan (All LAW students)
- “ANKARAGÜCÜ TARAFTAR GRUPLARI VE YAKIN TARİHİ” Kaan Bayat (LAW), Melisa Bolayır (LAW), Mert Eney (LAW), Bekir Yılmaz (IR)
- “DÜNDEN BUGÜNE TATBİKAT SAHNESİ” Atacan Baran (IE), Tuna Baydın (MBG), Ekin Çakmak (LAW), Utku Büyükfidan (ME), Cemre Esensoy (CHEM)
- “EN İYİYİ ARAYAN KIZ KARDEŞLER: TÜRKİYE SOROPTİMİST KULÜPLERİ FEDERASYONU” Atif Çağlar Ababay (MAN), Ayşegül Sarıgül (LAUD), Aykut Yener (MAN), Cansu Dekeli (MAN), Elif Alara Saltık (MAN)
- “GEÇMİŞTEN GÜNÜMÜZE KADIN MUHTARLAR” Dilara Boğa (CHEM), Murat Dilek (IR), Arzu Erkan (IAED), İlkay Karagedik (POLS), Oğuz Can Ok (POLS)
- “TÜRKİYE’DE DEVLET ELİYLE BİRACILIK ATATÜRK ORMAN ÇİFTLİĞİ BİRA FABRİKASINDAN, TEKEL BİRASINA” Emre Arıoğlu (CS), Yiğitcan Kaya (CS), Hakan Kılıç (CS), Yavuzcan Eroğlu (ECON), Dilara Savranoğlu (MAN)
“YUSUF ZİYA PAŞA KÖŞKÜ” Doğukan Hazar Yaran, Kaan Volkan Çirasun, Deniz Yücedağ, Simden Erler, İrem Olcay (All TRIN students)
