Science and technology in Turkey

Science and Technology in Turkey is central planned by TÜBİTAK and in responsibility of universities and research institutes. R&D activities in Turkey show a significant jump in late years.^[1]

Institutions

• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
• Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)

Research Institutes and Organisations

• Feza Gürsey Institute
• Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
• Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology
• Defense Industries Research and Development Institute
• Marmara Research Center
• Space Technologies Research Institute
• National Metrology Institute
• Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
• Turkish Mathematical Society
• Turkish Physical Society
• Turkish Chemical Society
• Istanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences

Technical Universities

There are six universities in Turkey which are dedicated to engineering, technology and sciences.

• Istanbul Technical University (1773)
• Yıldız Technical University (1911)
• Karadeniz Technical University (1955)
• Middle East Technical University (1956)
• Bursa Technical University (2010)
• Erzurum Technical University (2010)

Technology Universities

• Adana University of Science and Technology
• Gebze Institute of Technology
• İzmir Institute of Technology
• TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Notable scientists from Turkey

• Cahit Arf, mathematician, known for the Arf invariant
• Hulusi Behçet, dermatologist, known for reporting the Behçet's disease
• Feza Gürsey, physicist
• Erdal İnönü, physicist, winner of the 2004 Wigner Medal
• Muzafer Sherif, psychologist, one of the founders of social psychology
• Oktay Sinanoğlu, chemist
• Gazi Yaşargil, neurosurgeon, known as the father of microneurosurgery

References

1. ↑ Tübitak