{"id":61,"date":"2016-10-14T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-10-25T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:36:31","slug":"major-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/major-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"61\" class=\"elementor elementor-61\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c6361fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c6361fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38991b2f\" data-id=\"38991b2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-636b2abe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"636b2abe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- Bilkent Philosophy: BA Major Program -->\n\n<div class=\"bp-ba-page\">\n\n  <!-- Introduction -->\n\n  <div class=\"bp-ba-intro\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\"\n      class=\"bp-ba-image wp-image-412\"\n      src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/statue-300x206.jpg\"\n      alt=\"Classical philosophers represented in sculpture\"\n      width=\"240\"\n      height=\"165\"\n    \/>\n\n    <p>\n      Philosophy is one of the world&#8217;s oldest\n      academic disciplines. 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