
ERC Consolidator Grant for COUNSTER Project
Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the highly competitive ERC-2025 Consolidator Grant for his groundbreaking project COUNSTER.
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ASEEES Marshall Shulman Book Prize
“Against the Liberal Order”, Bilkent IR faculty member Dr. Samuel J. Hirst’s book has been awarded the ASEEES Marshall Shulman Book Prize.
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American Historical Association Prize
Bilkent IR faculty member Dr. Samuel J. Hirst’s book “Against the Liberal Order” has won the European International History Prize from the American Historical Association (AHA).
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APSA Conflict Processes Section Best Paper Award
“Unique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance,” a recent article co-authored by Bilkent IR faculty member Dr. Efe Tokdemir, has received the best article award of the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in September 2025.
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- 2025, Samuel J. Hirst, American Historical Association Prize
- 2025, Samuel J. Hirst, ASEEES Marshall Shulman Book Prize
- 2025, Efe Tokdemir, APSA Conflict Processes Section Best Paper Award (co-authored)
- 2024, Efe Tokdemir, Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi (UİK) Incentive Award
- 2024, Hakan Kırımlı, Ukrainian Cross of Ivan Mazepa
- 2023, Hakan Kırımlı, TÜBA – TESEP Halil İnalcık Special Award
- 2023, Özgür Özdamar, ISA Best Book in Foreign Policy Analysis Prize
- 2023, Seçkin Köstem, BAGEB Award
- 2023, Seçkin Köstem, TÜBA – GEBİP Award
- 2023, Efe Tokdemir, TÜBİTAK Incentive Award
- 2021, Tuğba Bayar, Jean Monnet Module Grant (2021-2024)
- 2021, Efe Tokdemir, Sakıp Sabancı Award
- 2021, Seçkin Köstem, Bilkent University Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2020, Berk Esen, BAGEP Award
- 2019, Efe Tokdemir, BAGEP Award
- 2012, Dimitri Tsarouhas, European Commission Jean Monnet Chair
- 2009, Pınar Bilgin, TÜBİTAK Young Scientist Incentive Prize
- 2008, Pınar Bilgin TÜBA – GEBİP Young Scientist Fellowship
- 2004, Pınar Bilgin, Best article published in Politics (Political Studies Association) (co-authored)
- 1993, Gülgün Tuna, Environmental Protection Medal (Turkish Ministry of the Environment)
- 1991, Norman Stone, Hungarian Vitenzi Rend
- 1975, Norman Stone, Wolfson Prize for History
