Bilim Akademisi Report on Academic Freedoms 2021-2022
Please click here to read the Science Academy report on Academic Freedom in Turkey 2021-2022.
Please follow the below links for the previous years’ reports.
Please click here to read the Science Academy report on Academic Freedom in Turkey 2021-2022.
Please follow the below links for the previous years’ reports.
Please click to read The Declaration of Bilim Akademisi (the Science Academy, Türkiye) on the Higher Education Council’s Decision on Distance Education.
The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 14.12.2022.
HONORARY MEMBER
Sanjit K. Mitra – University of California,
MEMBERS
Ziyadin Çakır – Jeoloji – İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Cem Ersoy – Bilgisayar Mühendisliği – Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Seda Ertaç – Ekonomi – Koç Üniversitesi
Ece Göztepe – Hukuk – Bilkent Üniversitesi
Ali Hortaçsu – Ekonomi – The University of Chicago
Aylin Yener -Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği – The Ohio State University
The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN) is an alliance of more than 90 honorary societies that defends the fundamental rights of scholars worldwide and supports academic institutions under threat. We, the members of the IHRN’s Executive Committee, strongly condemn the ban against women’s participation in higher education in Afghanistan announced this week by the Taliban’s acting Minister of Higher Education. Denying women access to education is a gross violation of fundamental international human rights standards, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …
Please click to read the statement in support of Celal Şengör, published by the The Science Academy (Bilim Akademisi), Turkey
The statement was originally announced on September 05, 2022.
The Science Academy, Bilim Akademisi members; Prof. Tolga Mete Duman of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Assoc. Prof. Ömer İlday of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics, the Neuroscience Program and UNAM have had their projects selected for funding under the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation funding program, after submitting proposals in response to the European Research Council (ERC) 2021 advanced grant call. The total budget for the two projects will be nearly 5 million euros.
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The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 04.12.2021.
HONORARY MEMBER
Cumhur Öner – Tıp – Utrecht Üniversitesi
MEMBERS
Ufuk Akçiğit – Ekonomi – Chicago Üniversitesi
Moshe Arditi – Tıp – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Attila Çiner – Jeoloji – İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Alper Demir – Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği – Koç Üniversitesi
Tolga Mete Duman – Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği – Bilkent Üniversitesi
Ali Erdemir – Makine Mühendisliği – Texas A&M University
Can Erkey – Kimya – Koç Üniversitesi
Hülya Kayserili – Tıp – Koç Üniversitesi
Haluk Külah – Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği – Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
BAGEP 2015 Award winner and professor at Koç University Tilbe Göksun has been elected as Governing Board Member of Cognitive Science Society.
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Science Academy Turkey – Bilim Akademisi member Zeynep Çelik is recognized as a Fellow of Society of Architectural Historians.
The Board of Directors names as Fellows of the Society of Architectural Historians individuals who have distinguished themselves by a lifetime of significant contributions to the field. These contributions may include scholarship, service to the Society, teaching and stewardship of the built environment.
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The Science Academy, Bilim Akademisi member and Koç University faculty member Professor Metin Sitti receives the «Breakthrough of the Year» Award in the Engineering and Technology category at the Fallings Walls World Science Summit in Berlin for his researches on wireless miniature medical robots, gecko-inspired microfiber adhesives, bio-inspired miniature robots, and physical intelligence. Please click for further information.