{"id":263,"date":"2026-09-18T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=263"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:47:00","slug":"ma-tefl-faculty-student-gathering-meet-the-new-team-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"MA-TEFL Faculty-Student Gathering: Meet the New Team Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The MA-TEFL faculty and students were gathered in a beginning-of-the-semester event on the 17th of September, 2026. Following the program director&#8217;s plenary on the new program components and expectancies from the students. Strongly emphasizing the research-oriented structure of the MA-TEFL program, each faculty member featured the newly established <a href=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=171\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"171\">research clusters<\/a> in the department. With the participation of almost all MA-TEFL students, faculty members, and colleagues from the Graduate School of Education, the event was closed with a reception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/141f192d-cd73-4a58-981d-8395a70ce60c-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/141f192d-cd73-4a58-981d-8395a70ce60c-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/141f192d-cd73-4a58-981d-8395a70ce60c-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/matefl.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/141f192d-cd73-4a58-981d-8395a70ce60c-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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