“Treating Migrants like Natural Disasters is Dehumanizing” Ayhan Kaya – Turkish Daily News (7.9.2015)
An interview conducted by the Hurriyet Daily News with The Science Academy Member Prof Ayhan Kaya on the migrant crisis can be found here.
Call from The Science Academy, Turkey on the Global Refugee Crisis
To read The Science Academy, Turkey’s Call on the global refugee crisis please click.
A Symposium Honouring Professor Erol Gelenbe, 21st – 24th September 2015
The Science Academy member Professor Erol Gelenbe will be honoured with a symposium to be held September 21 – 24, 2015 hosted by Imperial College London.
The Symposium addresses areas where Erol Gelenbe is active: Science and Engineering Policy, Stochastic Networks, Computer and Network Quality of Service, Machine Learning and Bioinformatics.
Engin Umut Akkaya’s Work On the Cover of Angewantde Chemie
The Science Academy member Engin Umut Akkaya and his colleagues’ article “ Intracellular Modulation of Excited-State Dynamics in a Chromophore Dyad: Differential Enhancement of Photocytotoxicity Targeting Cancer Cells” was on the cover of esteemed Science magazine Angewantde Chemie.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,vol 54 issue 18, pages 5263, 2015
Dr. Safacan Kolemen, Dr. Murat Işık, Gyoung Mi Kim, Dabin Kim, Hao Geng, Muhammed Buyuktemiz, Tugce Karatas, Prof. Xian-Fu Zhang, Prof. Yavuz Dede, Prof. Juyoung Yoon and Prof. Engin U. Akkaya
For further information on the article please visit: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201411962/abstract
Science Academy Conferences – 2015 Fall & Winter Term Starts
The Science Academy Conferences will start the Fall & Winter 2015 Term on 19 September 2015.
As usual the conferences will take place at the IKSV Salon. Here are the details:
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Charles Darwin, Atatürk ve Türkiye’de Seküler Bilim Anlayışının Doğuşu
Speaker : Zafer Toprak
19 September 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
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Yüzüncü Yılında Görelilik
Speaker: Rahmi Güven
10 October 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
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Interstellar (Yıldızlararası) Filmindeki Fizik: Ne Kadarı Bilim? Ne Kadarı Kurgu?
Speaker : Tekin Dereli
21 November 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
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İnsan Kapasitesini Geliştirme: Bilim ve Sosyal Politikalar
Speaker : Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı
19 December 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
Erol Gelenbe On the List of Top 50 Doctorate Advisors
The Science Academy member Erol Gelenbe is amongst the top 50 doctorate advisors according to American Mathematical Society’s Mathematics Genealogy Project. Please click for further details.
The Science Academy Statement on Vaccination
The following excerpts are from the report on vaccination by the Science Academy Working Group:
“In recent years, it has been observed that various groups criticize vaccination, the most effective method devised by science to protect against infectious disease, based on deficient and erroneous information, and suggest that humans, especially children should not be vaccinated.
“Today, the medical community shares the consensus that vaccination is the most efficient, economical and practical protection method against infectious diseases. It was only through vaccination that illnesses which had killed or maimed millions in previous centuries were wiped off the face of the Earth. …
Alikram Aliev, Winner of Tubitak Science Award
The Science Academy member Alikram Aliev was granted the Science Award for his high-quality works at international level in the fields of physics in theoretical and mathematical physics, black holes and gravitational theory.
The link to the awards can be found here.
June 7 Election Results Featured On Nature
Turkey’s June 7 elections’ probable effects were dealt with on an article by Alison Abbott on weekly Science magazine Nature:
“Turkey election results delight scientists”, Alison Abbott, Nature 522, 264–265 (18 June 2015) doi:10.1038/522264a
To read the full article please click.
The Science Academy Statement on the Limitation of Studies on Immigrants
The Science Academy’s Statement on the Limitation of Studies on Immigrants is as follows:
“Limitation of Studies on Immigrants Goes Against Scientific Freedoms!
On April 6, 2015, the Ministry of Interior sent a communiqué entitled “Field Studies on Individuals Seeking Temporary International Protection” to the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), which later passed it on to presidents’ offices at universities across Turkey on April 10th, 2015. In brief, the communiqué states that …