Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

The Turkish Institute for Scientific and Technological Research (Turkish: Türkiye ve Bilimsel Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu ), based in Ankara, TÜBİTAK abbreviated, is the most important means for the organization of research and development in Turkey.

History

The goal of the President Cemal Gursel founded in 1963 institute is the development, promotion, management and coordination of research and development work in the field of basic and applied sciences. The administratively and financially autonomous institution TÜBİTAK advises the government in establishing the science and technology policy and partly funded the research and development activities of universities and public and private sector. TÜBİTAK also assumes the secretariat services of the " High Council for Science and Technology " (Turkish: Bilim ve Teknoloji Yüksek Kurulu, short BTYK ), which determines the Turkish research policy and consists of the ministers and representatives of the relevant institutions and chaired by the Prime Minister is.

TUBITAK publishes information services, scientific publications and the popular science magazine Bilim ve Teknik. In addition, TUBITAK awards scholarships and prizes and organized annually the Turkish Scientific Olympiads ( Ulusal Bilim Olimpiyatları ).

Affiliated Research Institutes

  • Marmara Research Center ( Marmara Arastirma Merkezi, MAM) (1972 ) - Gebze
  • Bursa Test and Analysis Laboratory (Bursa test ve Analiz Laboratuvarı, Butal ) - Bursa
  • Çukurova Advanced Agricultural Technologies R & D Institute ( Çukurova İleri Tarım Teknolojileri Arastirma Enstitüsü, ÇİTTAGE ) - Adana
  • Institute for Research and Development in the defense industry ( Savunma Sanayii Arastirma ve Geliştirme Enstitüsü, SAGE ) - Ankara
  • Institute for Industrial Management (Türkiye Sanayi ve sevk idare Enstitüsü, TÜSSİDE ) - Gebze
  • Business Incubator TEKSEB and Teknopark - Gebze
  • Basic Sciences Research Institute ( Temel Bilimler Arastirma Enstitüsü, TBAE ) - İstanbul
  • Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology ( Ulusal Electronics ve Kriptoloji Arastirma Enstitüsü, UEKAE ) - Gebze, Ankara ( developed the free Linux distribution Pardus )
  • National Standardization Institute ( Ulusal metroloji Enstitüsü, UME ) - Gebze
  • UZAY Space Technologies Research Institute ( Uzay Teknolojileri Arastirma Enstitüsü, UZAY ) - Ankara
  • TUBITAK National Observatory ( TÜBİTAK Ulusal Gözlemevi, TUG )
  • Medical Research and Development Institute " Refik Saydam "
  • Mineralogical research and prospecting Institute (MTA )
  • Institute of Information Technologies and Electronic Research ( BILTEN ) - Ankara
  • Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute ( GMBAE / RIGEB ), incorporated since 2006 in MAM
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