Istanbul Bilgi University

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.

A 27-year-old man has become the first district governor of Armenian descent in Türkiye's history.

"Berk Acar has been appointed as the district governor of the western province of Denizli's Babadağ district," reports Agos, an Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in Türkiye.

CAMMA "Thursday Talks," organized by Istanbul Bilgi University Cultural Management Master Program (CAMMA) and Cultural Policy and Management Research Center (KPY), will host Professor Ian Hodder, the former director of the Çatalhöyük Research Project and a pioneer of post-processualism theory in archaeology, on June 2.

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.

World-renowned Ottoman historian Mehmet Genç has passed away at the age of 87.

Genç, a retired professor of Marmara University, was receiving treatment for lung cancer.

Genç graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1958.

Istanbul Bilgi University Mathematics Department chair Prof. Ali Nesin won the Leelavati Prize for his outstanding contributions toward increasing public awareness of mathematics in Turkey, particularly for his tireless work in creating the "Mathematics Village" as an exceptional, peaceful place for education, research and the exploration of mathematics for anyone. 

Although polarized on various political issues, the Turkish people share the most similar views over Syrian refugees in the country, a survey conducted by the Istanbul Bilgi University Center for Migration Research in partnership with the German Marshall Fund (GMF) revealed on Feb. 5.

A majority of Turkish youth are against the “other,” according to research carried out by Bilgi University. 

The Turkish work permit of British academic Chris Stephenson has been canceled by the Higher Education Board (YÖK), 18 years after he first started working at Istanbul's Bilgi University.

An event due to host a speech by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Selin Sayek Böke at Istanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University has been cancelled by the authorities.

Böke had been due to give a speech on March 19 at the Boğaziçi Administration and Leadership Summit to be held by the university's Business and Economy Club.