Science and technology in Turkey
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Science and Technology in Turkey is centrally planned by TÜBİTAK and in responsibility of universities and research institutes. R&D activities in Turkey show a significant jump in recent years.[1]
History
Ottoman Empire
Main article: Science and Technology in the Ottoman Empire
Modern Turkey
Main article: Timeline of science and technology in the Islamic world
Institutions
See also: List of universities in Turkey
See also: Education in Turkey
- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
- Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
Research Institutes
- Defense Industries Research and Development Institute
- Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
- Marmara Research Center
- National Metrology Institute
- National Nanotechnology Research Center
- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center
- Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology
- Space Technologies Research Institute
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
Scientific fields
Electronics[2] and nanoscience and nanotechnology[3] are also emerging with projected positive growth in Turkey.
Notable scientists from Turkey
Main article: List of Turkish Philosophers and scientists
- 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
- Aziz Sancar, chemist, awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Gazi Yaşargil, neurosurgeon, known as the father of microneurosurgery
- Celâl Şengör, geologist, known for tectonics of Turkey and Asia
See also
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References
- ↑ Tübitak
- ↑ "Consumer Electronics in Turkey". www.euromonitor.com. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ↑ "NANO STATISTICS | News | Nanotechnology in Turkey". statnano.com. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
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