Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkish: "Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu" - TÜBİTAK) is the main body responsible for organizing research and development activities on the national level in Turkey, with headquarters located in Ankara. It was established by President Cemal Gürsel who first formed a scientific council to guide the Ministry of Defence (in parallel to a separate scientific law council to write the the new constitution of the Turkish Republic) in 1960 and later ordered the foundation of the broader Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey as the extented continuation of his MoD Scientific Council with the primary advisory duty of providing guidance to the government's all plans and policies. Subsequently, the bill "278" passed on July 24, 1963, in the new era of planned economy subsequent to the first 5-year development plan of the country, set the official record for the Council's presence and duties. Cahit Arf who was appointed by Gursel as the founding director and whose leading foundation work was assisted by a group of scientists including Prof. Erdal İnönü [TÜBİTAK Online - "Cahit Arf'tan Anılar:" [http://www.biltek.tubitak.gov.tr/bdergi/ozel/arf/inonu.html "Erdal İnönü"] tr icon] was subsequently named as the first chairman of the Council on December 26, 1963. The first Council's 10 members were professors Erdal İnönü, Ratip Berker, Hikmet Binark, Mecit Çağatay, Reşat Garan, Feza Gürsey, Orhan Işık, Mustafa İnan, Atıf Şengün and İhsan Topaloğlu. They nominated Professor Nimet Özdaş as the first secretary general of TÜBİTAK effective March 1, 1964.
ee also
*Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
*Turkish Informatics Olympiad
*Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), bound to TÜBİTAK
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External links
* [http://www.tubitak.gov.tr Official website] tr icon / en icon
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