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
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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 …
The Nesin Mathematics Village Featured in Notices
The Science Academy member Ali Nesin’s Mathematics Village was extensively featured in American Mathematical Society’s monthly magazine Notices.
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Gezi Park Incidents from a Political and Social Sciences Perspective – Working Group Report
Here are excepts from the report entitled Gezi Park Incidents from a Political and Social Sciences Perspective by The Science Academy Working Group:
“The series of events which have taken place since May 28 in and around Taksim’s Gezi Park and their repercussions in 79 provinces across Turkey have led to two diametrically opposite explanations. The first was that these events were part of a conspiracy masterminded by foreign or domestic evil forces who wanted to topple a democratically elected government through illegal means. The other was that these incidents were a belated expression of democratization by upper status …