Istanbul Bilgi University

A new trend is sweeping through Turkish television, as shows increasingly depict the intersection of secular and religious groups, serving as a potential bridge for dialogue between different segments of society, according to researchers.

The claim that a senior law student at a private university in Istanbul used artificial intelligence to cheat in his exam was detected by asking an artificial intelligence application has caused controversy.

The concept of "congestion charging," in which vehicles entering areas with heavy traffic are charged a fee, has recently been gaining traction as a potential solution to simultaneously alleviate traffic congestion and mitigate air pollution.

An alarming 90 percent of children have expressed concerns about the welfare of their family members, 62 percent expressed fear of parental unemployment, and 57 percent expressed worries about the state of the economy, according to a recent study by Istanbul Bilgi University.

Turkey's candidate Nilüfer Oral was re-elected as a member of the U.N. International Law Commission (ILC), the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Nov. 12.

The commission's members for the 2023-2027 period were determined by the elections held in the UN General Assembly on Nov. 12, the ministry said in a statement.

The fifth Istanbul Design Biennial, titled "Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one," has reached an end with a new project titled Büyükada Songlines, which is a floating garden populated by plants, soil, insects and birds.

Istanbul has the third highest traffic congestion in the world. The number of registered vehicles in the city is 3.75 million, with 1,017 new vehicles registered every passing day. Each year, we spend 125 hours in traffic.
 

Turkey's Istanbul Bilgi University has begun collaboration with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, to become part of its Atlas experiment, which aims to observe dimensions and particles that could make up "dark matter" - a mysterious substance that is believed by researchers to make up most of the universe. 

Istanbul Bilgi University will organize a symposium titled "Food, Drink, Fine Clothes and the Good Things of Life: Consumption in the Ottoman Empire" on Dec. 19 and 20. 

The conference will approach the subject of Ottoman consumption during the early modern period (1450-1850) using two main avenues: Food and drink on the one hand, and clothes and jewelry on the other. 

Istanbul Bilgi University will today host Kevin (Kal) Kallaugher, the political cartoonist of The Economist and the daily newspaper The Baltimore Sun. 

Kallaugher will give a speech titled "Ink and Pixels: Being a political cartoonist in the 21st century," at 2 p.m. at the university's santralistanbul campus. After the talk he will also respond to questions from the audience.