{"id":6298,"date":"2022-09-09T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=6298"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:29:04","slug":"ma-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/ma-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6298\" class=\"elementor elementor-6298\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b9ea46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b9ea46\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2d17ae\" data-id=\"f2d17ae\" 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-2ccfff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ccfff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8118\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab6217b\" data-id=\"ab6217b\" 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-3b47360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b47360\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u0130layda Ar\u0131k<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u0130layda recevied her BA in philosophy with honors, along with a minor certificate in sociology from Middle East Technical University. Her main areas of interest include ethics (especially media ethics), social and political philosophy and philosophy of social sciences.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> ilayda.arik@bilkent.edu.tr<br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>T-260<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba5c64c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba5c64c\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62f8a54\" data-id=\"62f8a54\" 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-3bd229c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bd229c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Betul-Fatma-Aydin.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10332\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c964232\" data-id=\"c964232\" 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-7bf4d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bf4d31\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Bet\u00fcl Ayd\u0131n<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Bet\u00fcl received her BA in Philosophy with the highest GPA in the Class of \u201925 from Anadolu University. Her main research interest is the philosophy of mind. With her background in medical school, she is particularly interested in the philosophy of cognition, memory, and mind. She has also conducted research on the philosophy of dialogue\u2014first as an Erasmus Scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University, and later as a participant in the 4th World Analogy Congress. In addition, she is a professional radio DJ who enjoys playing hard rock and heavy metal music for her listeners.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> betul.aydin@bilkent.edu.tr <br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>T-260<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93b6af5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93b6af5\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae64db3\" data-id=\"ae64db3\" 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-b0ce9ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0ce9ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8087\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c5ebe2\" data-id=\"3c5ebe2\" 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-adeb349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adeb349\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Baran Alt\u0131n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Baran received his BA in Western Languages and Literatures from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University. His primary research interests are philosophy of mind and philosophy of well-being.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> baran.altin@bilkent.edu.tr <br><strong>Room: <\/strong>H-Z45B<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fca7bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fca7bd\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-035e777\" data-id=\"035e777\" 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-9c7374b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c7374b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8110\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d221750\" data-id=\"d221750\" 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-e3056df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3056df\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Utku Batur<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Utku received his BA in Philosophy from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University. His primary areas of interest are pragmatism, philosophy of perception and Analytic Hegelianism. He is also interested in Ancient Greek philosophy and how it relates to contemporary metaphysical discussions. He also wants to explore the ways in which analytic-continental split in philosophy can be bridged.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> utku.batur@bilkent.edu.tr<br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-300060f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"300060f\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02329f9\" data-id=\"02329f9\" 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-d81c21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d81c21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaan-Tuncay-Erdas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10288\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6757997\" data-id=\"6757997\" 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-2e711d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e711d2\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Kaan Erda\u015f<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Kaan received his BA degree in Philosophy from Bilkent University. His main area of interest is phenomenology, with a particular focus on the works of Edmund Husserl. In addition, he is engaged with the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of technology, exploring questions that connect consciousness, reality, and digital experience.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> tuncay.erdas@bilkent.edu.tr<br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fef40e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fef40e\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3207ba\" data-id=\"a3207ba\" 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-b821822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b821822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Furkan-Kerim-Eren.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10328\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b304995\" data-id=\"b304995\" 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-24783e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24783e5\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Kerim Eren<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Kerim received his B.A. in Philosophy with High Honors from Middle East Technical University. His primary research interests lie in the philosophy of mind, especially in its intersections with the philosophy of language and metaphysics. He is also interested in artificial intelligence, with a focus on the possibility of conscious machines.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> furkan.eren@bilkent.edu.tr<br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a256717 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a256717\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7b6581\" data-id=\"c7b6581\" 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-3e70e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e70e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7599\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29cd3ba\" data-id=\"29cd3ba\" 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-c27983a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c27983a\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>\u00c7a\u011f\u0131n Tan Ero\u011flu<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Tan graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Law, along with a minor certificate from Bilkent University Department of Turkish Literature. He is primarily interested in meta- and normative ethics, political philosophy and decision theory. He has so far presented his research at UNC Charlotte Philosophical Union\u2019s 7th Ethics and Applied Philosophy Graduate Conference, European Consortium for Political Research\u2019s (ECPR) 2025 Joint Sessions of Workshops, and Minho University Center for Ethics, Politics and Society\u2019s (CEPS) 15th Braga Summer School. In November 2025, he will present at METU 5th International Applied Ethics Conference.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>tan.eroglu@bilkent.edu.tr<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c6cf95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c6cf95\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9cee69\" data-id=\"d9cee69\" 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-7c534d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c534d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Asmin-Elif-Karacop.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10313\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0422094\" data-id=\"0422094\" 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-ceb63b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ceb63b6\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Asmin Kara\u00e7\u00f6p<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Asmin received her BA in Philosophy with Honors from Bilkent University. Her areas of interest lie at the intersection of political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. She is particularly interested in how concepts of rationality, agency, and identity shape political structures, and on how cognitive science and philosophy of language can inform democratic theory and social epistemology.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>elif.karacop@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p><p><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b52a03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b52a03\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0917d82\" data-id=\"0917d82\" 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-86b7c1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86b7c1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Umay-Gollu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10284\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9347483\" data-id=\"9347483\" 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-fbd3ffd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbd3ffd\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Umay G\u00f6ll\u00fc<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Umay received her BA in Political Science and Public Administration with Honours from Bilkent University. During her undergraduate studies, her research focused on how different political systems shape patterns of statecraft and political behaviour. With a longstanding interest in philosophy, she is especially interested in writings of Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Berlin. Currently, her research interests include the ethical implications of political power and the ways in which ideological commitments shape governance in both historical and contemporary contexts.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>umay.gollu@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p><p><strong>Room:\u00a0<\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7e6c56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7e6c56\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c9d7d8\" data-id=\"5c9d7d8\" 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-97ab485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97ab485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8127\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-802cf49\" data-id=\"802cf49\" 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-b7deeb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7deeb4\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Emre Kur\u00e7in<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Emre graduated from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University in 2024 with a major in psychology and a minor in molecular biology and genetics. His interests in the philosophy of mind include the criterion of personal identity, functionalism, mental representations, and subjective experiences. In addition to these, he is interested in the philosophy of social sciences, analytical philosophy and humanities, orientalism and postcolonial literature, Turkish thought, cultural criticism, and analytical literary criticism. He also follows science fiction literature as a hobby.<\/p><p><strong>Email:\u00a0<\/strong> emre.kurcin@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p><p><strong>Room:\u00a0<\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfc5dd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfc5dd8\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45d0d04\" data-id=\"45d0d04\" 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-ea485cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea485cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkun-Kuser.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10342\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85329a5\" data-id=\"85329a5\" 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-ee7ab50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee7ab50\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Orkun K\u00fcser<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Orkun received his BSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University. During his undergraduate studies, he conducted research internships in plant genetics, molecular dynamics simulations, and neural diseases across various laboratories at Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University. He also completed a research internship on neural development at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, where he presented his findings. He is primarily interested in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind, biology, ethics, and the history of science.<\/p><p><strong>Email:\u00a0<\/strong> orkun.kuser@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p><p><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc313da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc313da\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83fe604\" data-id=\"83fe604\" 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-4a3c106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a3c106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8072\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3d3ccf\" data-id=\"b3d3ccf\" 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-bed2228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bed2228\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>Sarp \u00d6zdemir<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b> <br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Sarp graduated from Ko\u00e7 University with a double major in Psychology and Philosophy, along with a track in Cognitive and Brain Sciences. He is interested in questions about how we relate to (represent, perceive, act within, etc.) the world around us; and, as a special case of this broader issue, in our urge to mistake the world for the frame through which we look at it, as highlighted in Wittgenstein\u2019s later work.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>sarp.ozdemir@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p><p><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8473752 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8473752\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5337add\" data-id=\"5337add\" 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-d633220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d633220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8079\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2edc0a\" data-id=\"d2edc0a\" 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-efb1f9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb1f9d\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u0130nci \u00d6zt\u00fcrk<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b> <br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p><p>\u0130nci received her BA in Philosophy from Bogazici University. She is interested in contemporary metaphysics and ontology of art objects.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>inci.ozturk@bilkent.edu.tr <br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>H-Z45B<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d2bbb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d2bbb0\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f47b44\" data-id=\"2f47b44\" 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-ba41679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba41679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ulgen-Deniz-Ulgen.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10307\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b4e381\" data-id=\"9b4e381\" 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-c1dd73c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1dd73c\" 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>\u00dclgen Deniz \u00dclgen<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>\u00dclgen received her BA in Philosophy and BSc in Physics from Ko\u00e7 University in 2025. The areas she is mainly interested in are time and persistence, ancient philosophy, and philosophy of science.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> deniz.ulgen@bilkent.edu.tr <br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>G-B36<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0130layda Ar\u0131k \u0130layda recevied her BA in philosophy with honors, along with a minor certificate in sociology from Middle East Technical University. 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