Please click to read the Science Academy Statement on the rejections of the “Academics for Peace” applications by the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures.
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
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 …
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 …
Please click to read the English translation of The Science Academy Turkey – Bilim Akademisi Executive Board’s statement on the latest developments at Boğaziçi University. The statement was originally announced on July 19, 2021.
Bilim Akademisi General Assembly (GA) that had been postponed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the last 18 months, was finally held on June 17, 2021. Bilim Akademisi founding president Prof. Dr. Ali Alpar handed over the task to our new president, Prof. Dr. Canan Atılgan who was elected during the GA.
Prof. Atılgan has been a member of Bilim Akademisi since 2012. Her research interests are polymer and protein dynamics, theoretical and computational investigation of complex molecular systems. (http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/canan/)
We are grateful to Prof. Alpar for his leadership, patience, persistence. All his efforts have made Bilim Akademisi into the internationally recognized, reputable …
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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To read All European Academies – ALLEA’s latest report please click here.
Please click to read the first monthly Bilim Akademisi , Science Academy Turkey bulletin on Academic Freedoms in Turkey.
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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