The annual History of Turkey award ceremony took place on Thursday, October 20 at C-Block Auditorium. The awards were presented to students whose projects were judged the best of the 2015-2016 academic year.
The History of Turkey course (HIST200) is a requirement for all Bilkent undergraduates. It is designed to encourage students to work in groups on projects concerning any topic of their choice that relates to the history of Turkey. Students from all departments prepare and present final projects for examination by a committee, with 10 projects chosen to receive awards. One of the awardees Mr. Osman Işık expressed his feelings on receiving a merit award by underlining the importance of education in general and the education at the Village Institutes in particular.
The award ceremony was attended by members of the university administration and faculty, undergraduate students and their families, and other guests.
FIRST PRIZE
“MISEROCCHI VE KAYAALP AÄ°LELERÄ°NÄ°N TARÄ°HÄ°”Celal Burak Yılmaz (IR), Mehmet Sait Erikel (MAN), Osman MüyesseroÄŸlu (ECON), Damla Kayaalp (TRIN), YiÄŸitcan Hatay (IE)
SECOND PRIZE
“VATAN VE HÃœRRÄ°YET CEMÄ°YETİ’NÄ°N KURUCULARINDAN DR. MUSTAFA ELVAN CANTEKÄ°N’İN HAYATI” Elif Kömürcü (MAN), Ekin Kılıç (MAN), Ali Yıldız (IR), Ä°layda Taneri (ECON), Yasemin Öztürk (MAN)
THIRD PRIZE
“OSMANLI VE CUMHURÄ°YET TARÄ°HÄ°NDE ARZUHALCÄ°LÄ°K” Banu Balibey (LAW), Ebrar Ada (PSYC), Elif Nur EroÄŸlu (LAW), Hakan Karabay (LAW), Ä°brahim Berker Kırdök (CS)
MERIT AWARDS
KÖY ENSTİTÜSÜ’NDEN SIYASETE: OSMAN IŞIK Ege Barış Kanık (MAN), Ekin Işık (MAN), Oğuzcan Gökgöz (MAN), Pelin Sadın (ECON), Yaren Vidinli (PSYC)
“BOZKURT LOTUS DAVASI: ÇARPIÅžAN Ä°KÄ° GEMÄ°NÄ°N HÄ°KAYESÄ°” Mine Gökçe DoÄŸan (EE), Yavuz Selim Yıldız (LAW), Abdulkadir Deveci (POLS), Cemil Nureddin VahapoÄŸlu (EE), Ä°hsan Åžahin (POLS)
“TÃœRKÄ°YE’DE SÄ°NOLOJÄ° BÄ°LÄ°MÄ°NÄ°N GELİŞİMÄ°NDE ANKARA ÃœNÄ°VERSÄ°TESÄ° DTCF SÄ°NOLOJÄ° ANABÄ°LÄ°M DALI’NIN YERÄ°” Zuhal Fidan (MAN), Ecem Sude Ozan (PHIL), Ahmet Narman (EE), Onur Aygün (IR), Burak Piri (IR)
“HALÄ°L URUP VE AÄ°LESÄ°NÄ°N MÄ°DÄ°LLÄ° ADASI’NDAN AYVALIK’A MECBURÄ° GÖÇÜ” Nihat Asay (ME), Serhat CömertoÄŸlu (ME), Betül Koçer (TRIN), Nida Özazman (TRIN), Bahadır Uzun (ME)
“ARAP KAYMAKAM: SADULLAH KOLOÄžLU’NUN HAYATI VE LÄ°BYA’DAKÄ° BAÅžBAKANLIK DÖNEMÄ°” Ali Osman Çetin (CS), Ozan YiÄŸit DemirbaÅŸ (MAN), OÄŸuzhan Öztürk (ECON), Celal Talha Sevinç (ECON), Deniz Ãœndan (FA)
“MÄ°THAT ARMAN’IN PÄ°YANO YAPIMI VE AKORTCULUÄžUNUN TÃœRKÄ°YE’DE KLASÄ°K BATI MÃœZİĞİNÄ°N GELİŞİMÄ°NE ETKÄ°SÄ°” Irmak AkkuzuluoÄŸlu (CS), Gülsüm Güdükbay (CS), Zeynep Özmen (MATH), Beyza Tanrıverdi (BF)
“RESSAM NURÄ° ABAÇ’IN HAYATI” Sera Su Abaç (LAUD), Efecan Sümer (MAN), Selene Gözen (LAW), Berke Kepçetutan (POLS), Yağız Yılmaz (IR)