{"id":247,"date":"2023-03-25T21:56:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ir.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:58:18","slug":"awards-and-recognition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ir.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=247","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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APSA Best Paper Award for Efe Tokdemir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our faculty member Efe Tokdemir and his co-authors Asl\u0131 Cansunar and Arzu K\u0131br\u0131s have received the APSA MENA Section\u2019s 2026 Best Paper Award for their paper, \u201cEthnic Cues and Conflict-Triggered Harassment: Evidence from Soccer Fields.\u201d
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UACES Excellence in Teaching Award for Tu\u011fba Bayar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our faculty member Tu\u011fba (\u00d6zden) Bayar has received a Highly Commended recognition in the 2026 UACES Excellence in Teaching Award.
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BAGEP Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. \u00c7a\u011flayan Ba\u015fer, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the 2026 Science Academy Young Scientist (BAGEP) Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ERC Consolidator Grant for COUNSTER Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Efe Tokdemir, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the highly competitive ERC-2025 Consolidator Grant for his groundbreaking project COUNSTER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ASEEES Marshall Shulman Book Prize<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Against the Liberal Order”, Bilkent IR faculty member Dr. Samuel J. Hirst’s book has been awarded the ASEEES Marshall Shulman Book Prize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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American Historical Association Prize <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bilkent IR faculty member Dr. Samuel J. Hirst\u2019s book \u201cAgainst the Liberal Order\u201d has won the European International History Prize from the American Historical Association (AHA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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APSA Conflict Processes Section Best Paper Award<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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