{"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":"2026-09-22T16:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:28:50","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-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-8c35819 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c35819\" 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-cba44bc\" data-id=\"cba44bc\" 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-07665d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07665d4\" 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\/2026\/09\/Emre-Celik.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12559\" 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-60067f3\" data-id=\"60067f3\" 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-f838131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f838131\" 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>Emre \u00c7elik<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Emre received his BA degree in Philosophy with High Honors from Bilkent University. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of political philosophy and philosophy of law, with a focus on republicanism and philosophy of social sciences. He is also interested in neuroscience and cognitive science. His overarching aim is to understand the human condition\u2014specifically, how human agents interact with, interpret, and transform their social and physical environment.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> emrecelik@bilkent.edu.tr\u00a0<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 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-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<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-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<br \/><strong>Room:\u00a0<\/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-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=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Orkun K\u00fcser<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b><br \/><\/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: <\/strong> orkun.kuser@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-0daf5c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0daf5c6\" 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-452cf97\" data-id=\"452cf97\" 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-8b68c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b68c15\" 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\/2026\/09\/Elif-Saygin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12476\" 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-9e4dba9\" data-id=\"9e4dba9\" 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-431a085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"431a085\" 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>Elif Sayg\u0131n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Elif received her BA in Philosophy from Middle East Technical University with high honors. Her research interests include the philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and formal epistemology.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>elif.saygin@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-de97179 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de97179\" 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-39e9fa2\" data-id=\"39e9fa2\" 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-1660da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1660da3\" 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\/2026\/09\/Serhat-Sincar.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12462\" 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-cc87c97\" data-id=\"cc87c97\" 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-55088b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55088b4\" 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>Serhat Sincar<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Serhat received his BA in psychology from Bilkent University. His primary areas of interest are metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion. He is also interested in cognitive science, particularly the works regarding the nature of religious cognition.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>serhatsincar@bilkent.edu.tr<br \/><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-a29b82f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a29b82f\" 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-d12c332\" data-id=\"d12c332\" 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-ab28f7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab28f7d\" 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\/2026\/09\/Sinem-Toydas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12922\" 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-c1a7355\" data-id=\"c1a7355\" 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-27ef6cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27ef6cd\" 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>Sinem Toyda\u015f<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Sinem received her BA in philosophy from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University. She is particularly interested in Aristotle\u2019s ontology and his concept of psyche. She investigates how the Aristotelian conception of psyche can be relevant to contemporary discussions of the nature of mental states. She is also concerned with Plato\u2019s philosophical myths, his theory of the tripartite psyche, and his concept of eros for the formation of ethical life. She seeks to bring Ancient philosophy into dialogue with contemporary discussions by showing their relevance to questions about human existence.<\/p><p><strong>Email: <\/strong>sinemtoydas@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-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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd8ab8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd8ab8e\" 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-76f155f\" data-id=\"76f155f\" 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-10adf14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10adf14\" 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\/2026\/09\/Ufuk-Batuhan-Yazlik.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12352\" 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-7dd9995\" data-id=\"7dd9995\" 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-d0b1727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0b1727\" 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>Ufuk Yazl\u0131k<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Ufuk received his BA in Philosophy from Bilkent University in 2026 with high honors. His research interests include ethics, epistemology, and ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on virtue ethics, well-being, justice, metaethics, and skepticism.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> batuhanyazlik@bilkent.edu.tr <br \/><strong>Room: <\/strong>H-Z49<\/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-60e60f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60e60f7\" 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-4bc91fc\" data-id=\"4bc91fc\" 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-aac104b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aac104b\" 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\/2026\/09\/Ahmet-Oguz-Yemenici.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12359\" 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-37959ec\" data-id=\"37959ec\" 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-ae7f69c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae7f69c\" 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>Ahmet Yemenici<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Ahmet received his BA in Philosophy from Bilkent University. His main areas of interest are essence, fundamentality, and modality in metaphysics, as well as some themes in philosophy of mind and religion. His objective is to investigate the most fundamental levels of reality and offer philosophically rigorous descriptions.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> oguzyemenici@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-deb6fe0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"deb6fe0\" 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-9b1c4a8\" data-id=\"9b1c4a8\" 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-c2b5b8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c2b5b8a\" 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\/2026\/09\/Emre-Yuce.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12455\" 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-5c3968e\" data-id=\"5c3968e\" 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-6d3d3e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d3d3e9\" 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 Y\u00fcce<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>Emre graduated top of his class from the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent University. He is interested in the history of philosophy (especially the early modern period) and political philosophy. He is also very much into ancient languages and literature.<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> emreyuce@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>Bet\u00fcl Ayd\u0131n 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. 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