New Members of the Science Academy (December 2022)

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

Kübra Doğan Yenisey – Hukuk – İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

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Bilim Akademisi supports IHRN Executive Committee Statement

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 …

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Science Academy, Turkey – Statement regarding the Military Attack of Russia on Ukraine

The Science Academy, Turkey, strongly condemns the military attack of Russia on Ukraine, a sovereign and democratic state, violating all rules of international law and causing unprecedented harm to the basic tenets of the United Nations Charter. The Preamble of the Charter states its objective as ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights […] of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice …

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Bilim Akademisi Report on Academic Freedoms 2020-2021 (Summary)

The Science Academy has been publishing reports on academic freedom since the year 2015, summarizing the developments and sharing them with the public. The report we have drafted this year is once more a compendium of outstanding violations of academic freedoms in our country. Most of the violations stem from the authority accorded to the President of the Republic under the new laws or decrees, which make interventions and violations such as those enacted at Bogazici University possible, without any proper justification or dialogue with the university bodies before taking action in such critical matters as appointments or the creation …

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The Science Academy Executive Board’s Announcement Regarding Its Academic Ethics Values

Egalitarian and inclusive conduct of scientific research and teaching based on respect is an integral part of scientific merit and academic ethics. In an academic environment, the attitude and behavior reinforcing sexist prejudices, particularly depicting women as subordinate, incompetent and worthless beings is not acceptable. Statements praising, normalizing, and justifying hierarchical pressure, use of physical force and derogatory expressions for any reason have consequences beyond affecting their subjects. These statements toxify the scientific environment by transforming it into one riddled with discrimination, exclusion, intimidation, oppression, or asymmetrical power relationships. It has far reaching consequences in …

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