Please click here to read the statement issued on May 12, 2020 by the Executive Board of the Science Academy on the requirement that COVID-19 research is subject to notification and approval by the Ministry of Health.
The Science Academy, Turkey – Bilim Akademisi has just been admitted as a Member Organization of the International Science Council (ISC), which is the largest global organization of science and social science institutions, comprising a membership of 40 international Unions and Associations and more than 140 national and regional organizations including Academies and Research Councils.
The Science Academy intends to be an active Member Organization of the ISC based on the expert contributions of our members.
The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 7.12.2019.
HONORARY MEMBER
Avadis Hacınlıyan – Physics – Yeditepe University
MEMBERS
Umut Gürsoy –Physics – Utrecht University
Metin Sitti– Engineering / Physics – Koç University
The Science Academy’s fifth report on the situation of academic freedoms in Turkey is released. Please click to read the report.
Please follow the below links for the previous years’ reports.
Turkish academics sound alarm over gender segregation plans
David Matthews – Times Higher Eduation, November 6, 2019
The Science Academy, Turkey’s public statement on the situation of universities at the beginning of 2019 was released on January 16, 2019.
Please click to read this statament in English.
The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 1.12.2018.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Yoshinori Asakawa – Tokushima Bunri University
Günter Stock – Einstein Foundation
MEMBERS
Sevtap Arıkan Akdağlı – Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Altan Baykal – Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
Edhem Eldem – Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Ayşe İmrohoroğlu – University of Southern California
The Science Academy’s fourth report on the situation of academic freedoms in Turkey is released. Please click to read the report
Please follow the links for the 2015 Report and 2015-2016 Report and 2016-2017 Report.
The Science Academy sees it necessary to publicly express once again its concerns on the growing restraints on freedom of science and on its sine qua non condition, the freedom of speech. We sadly observe that the problems we have previously pointed out regarding the freedom of speech are still present. The absence of any significant improvements, on the contrary, an increase in negative practices have turned the problem into a systematic issue.
To read the full statement please click.
The following scientists were elected as Science Academy, Turkey members at the General Assembly on 2.12.2017.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Takhmasib Aliev – Physics – Middle East Technical University
Ayşe Çağlar – Anthropology – University of Vienna
MEMBERS
Şermin Genç – Biology- Dokuz Eylul University
Murat Karaçorlu – Ophthalmology – Istanbul Retina Institute
Bülent Mengüç- Business Administration – Kadir Has University
Aydoğan Özcan – Physical and Wave Electronics – UCLA
Sinan Özeren- Geology – İstanbul Technical University
