{"id":311,"date":"2015-03-29T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T19:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:46:12","slug":"rector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/rector\/","title":{"rendered":"Rector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rector (chancellor) is appointed by the Board of Trustees to a four-year term and carries out academic and administrative duties as determined by the Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rector:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3757 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/orhan_aytur_bw.jpg\" alt=\"orhan_aytur_bw\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/orhan_aytur_bw.jpg 200w, https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/orhan_aytur_bw-41x55.jpg 41w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilkent.edu.tr\/phonedir\/p\/p2725.htm\">Orhan Ayt\u00fcr<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr\/~aytur\/\"><span class=\"orta\">Personal Web Page<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilkent.edu.tr\/phonedir\/p\/p11039.htm\">Do\u011fa Sezi K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Administrative Assistant:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilkent.edu.tr\/phonedir\/p\/p10258.htm\">Zeynep Engin Atak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMedia Inquiries:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilkent.edu.tr\/phonedir\/p\/p5490.htm\">Hande Se\u00e7kin Onat<\/a><br \/>\nCommunications Office<br \/>\nPR Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Inquiries or To Contact the Rector:<br \/>\n<strong>Mail:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Office of the Rector<br \/>\nBilkent University<br \/>\nMain Campus<br \/>\nEngineering Faculty Building, Room EA-G24<br \/>\n06800 Bilkent, Ankara,<br \/>\nTurkey<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-mail:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:rektorluk@bilkent.edu.tr\">rektorluk@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone: <\/strong><br \/>\n+90 (312) 290 1200, +90 (312) 290 1201, +90 (312) 266 4120, +90 (312) 266 4121<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fax: <\/strong><br \/>\n+90 (312) 266 4161<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administrative Office Hours:<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rector (chancellor) is appointed by the Board of Trustees to a four-year term and carries out academic and administrative duties as determined by the Board of Trustees. Rector: Orhan Ayt\u00fcr Personal Web Page &nbsp; Executive Secretary: Do\u011fa Sezi K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 Administrative Assistant: Zeynep Engin Atak &nbsp; Media Inquiries: Hande Se\u00e7kin [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/rector\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28602,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/28602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}