Mert Ateşsal
Mert received his BA in Cultural Studies from Sabancı University along with minors in Philosophy, Art Theory and Criticism, and Gender Studies. He then completed his MA in Philosophy at Bilkent University with a thesis entitled “Do We Need Philosophical Ethics? The Case Against a Unified Ethical Methodology.” His primary areas of interest are metaethics, normative ethics, political philosophy and aesthetics.
Email: mert.atessal@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: G-B36
Zeynep Çelik
Zeynep received her BA in English Language and Literature (2020), and MA in Philosophy (2022) from Bilkent University. Her primary research interests are in Social Ontology, Social and Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics. More specifically, the connection between these three fields. Additional areas of interest include Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Fiction, and a little bit of Metaphysics. In August 2022 she presented her paper entitled “Collective Authorship in Theatrical Works” at the Social Ontology & Collective Intentionality conference at the University of Vienna. She presented the same paper to the annual Society for Women in Philosophy in Turkey (SWIP-TR) conference in December 2022.
Email: imzeynep@gmail.com
Room: H-Z49
Bengü Demirtaş
Bengü obtained her BA in Western Languages and Literatures with a double major in Philosophy at Boğaziçi University. She later received her MA in Western Literature at KU Leuven. Her primary research interests are social and political philosophy and philosophy of literature.
Email: bengu.demirtas@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: G-B36
Ziad Eldanaf
Ziad holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Philosophy from the American University of Beirut, complemented by a minor in Arabic Language and Literature. With over seven years of teaching experience, he served as an instructor of record at AUB, and has taught a multitude of subjects. His specialization centers on Ontology, particularly in the realm of Hylomorphism, while maintaining a keen interest for Philosophy of Science and Critical Theory.
Email: ziad.eldanaf@bilkent.edu.tr
Room:G-B36
Ahmet Gönüllü
Ahmet completed his MA degree in Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before that he completed a BA degree in Philosophy at Bilkent University, with a minor in Political Science. His primary research interests are collective action and responsibility, global justice, the state, and ethics. In August 2023 Ahmet presented his paper entitled “Is the State the Polity?” at the 11th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy in Vienna. In September 2022 he presented his paper on “We-responsibility” at the Themes from Raimo Tuomela’s Social Ontology workshop at the University of Bucharest. In 2024 Ahmet was selected as a Global Fellow for Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP).
Email: ahmet.gonullu@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: G-B3
M. Maşuk Şimşek
Maşuk received his BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Bogazici University and MA in Philosophy from Central European University. He is primarily interested in metaphysics of infinity and related topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of religion. He recently presented his paper on “Determination Relations and Metaphysical Explanations” at the Varieties of Non-Wellfoundedness Workshop in Ligerz, Switzerland. That paper has now been accepted for publication in the journal Dialectica.
Email: masuk.simsek@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: HZ-49
Gülden Alaz Meriç
Alaz received her BA and MA in Philosophy from Middle East Technical University. Her main interests are logic, especially Argumentation Theory, epistemology, philosophy of language and philosophy for children. In October 2023 she presented her paper on “The Nature of Stereotypes” at the CEPDISC’23 Conference on Discrimination in Aarhus, Denmark.
Email: alaz.meric@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: G-B36
Berkay Ozar
Berkay received his BS in Psychology from Middle East Technical University and MA in Philosophy from Bilkent University. His current research interests lie at the intersection of social ontology, philosophy of language, and modal metaphysics. He is also interested in philosophy of cognitive science.
Email: berkay.ozar@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: T-260
Evrensel Sebep
Evrensel received his BA in Politics and History from Newcastle University. He then completed his MA in Philosophy at the University of Bristol. His interest areas include collective intentionality, democratic theory, social and political philosophy. In June 2022 he presented his paper “What (kind of group) constitutes a political movement?” at the Ontology of Politics workshop at the University of Groningen. In June 2023 he presented his paper on “The Disenfranchisement of the Elderly” at the Bucharest Conference in Analytical Political Theory.
Email: evrenselsebep@gmail.com
Room: HZ-49
Yavuz Selim Şen
Yavuz received their BA in Western Languages and Literatures with a double major in Philosophy at Boğaziçi University and a MA in Philosophy from Bilkent University. Their primary research interests are in ethics and social and political philosophy. They are especially interested in concepts of structural injustice, political normativity, membership, and recognition. In August 2023 he presented his co-authored paper entitled “Social Ontology Meets Political Realism” at the annual Social Ontology conference at Stockholm University.
Email: selim.sen@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: H-129B
Eylül Yücel
Eylül received her BA and MA in Philosophy from Bilkent University. Her primary interests are History of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Animal Ethics. In September 2022 she presented at a workshop organized by the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. In October 2023 she presented at a seminar organized by Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy at McGill University.
Email: eylul.yucel@bilkent.edu.tr
Room: HZ-49