Science and technology in Turkey
Science and technology in Turkey is centrally planned by TÜBİTAK and in responsibility of universities and research institutes. Research and development activities in Turkey show a significant jump in recent years.History
Ottoman Empire
Modern Turkey
Institutions
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- National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology
- Space Technologies Research Institute
Technical Universities
There are seven universities in Turkey which are dedicated to engineering, technology and sciences.
- Istanbul Technical University
- Yıldız Technical University
- Karadeniz Technical University
- Middle East Technical University
- Gebze Technical University
- Bursa Technical University
- Erzurum Technical University
- İzmir Institute of Technology
- TOBB University of Economics and Technology
- Adana Science and Technology University
Notable scientists from Turkey
- Cahit Arf, mathematician, known for the Arf invariant
- Hulusi Behçet, dermatologist, known for reporting the Behçet's disease
- Feza Gürsey, physicist
- Erdal İnönü, physicist, winner of the 2004 Wigner Medal
- Muzafer Sherif, psychologist, one of the founders of social psychology
- Oktay Sinanoğlu, chemist
- Aziz Sancar, chemist, awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Gazi Yaşargil, neurosurgeon, known as the father of microneurosurgery
- Celâl Şengör, geologist, known for tectonics of Turkey and Asia
- Sabri Ergun, chemical engineer, known with Ergun equation
