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TÜBA Council's Public Statement on the Attempted Coup D’état

A coup d’état attempt on 15 July 2016 by some factions within the military forces in Turkey failed as a result of the resistance by Turkish people together with the government and security forces loyal to democracy and civilian government. Over 200 people, whose overwhelming majority were civilians, have been murdered during the direct attacks upon the civilians, Parliament and gov ...

Call For Nominations: TÜBA Academy Prizes 2016

Nominations for TÜBA Academy Prizes 2016 are now open. TÜBA Academy Prizes were launched in appreciation and encouragement of eminent scientists in 2015. The Prizes are annually awarded to the nominated scientists in one of the following categories of sciences namely 1) Basic and Engineering sciences, 2) Health and Life sciences and 3) Social Sciences and Humanities. One prize i ...

TÜBA Former President Professor Yücel Kanpolat Passed Away

TÜBA Former President and Ankara University Department of Neurosurgery Emeritus Fellow Professor Yücel Kanpolat died on September 17, 2016 ...

TÜBA President and Members of the Academy Council Visit İsmail Kahraman, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

TÜBA President Prof. Ahmet Cevat Acar and members of the Academy Council visited TGNA Speaker İsmail Kahraman on August 3, 2016, and expressed their thanks to the TGNA in the person of Mr. Kahraman for its honorable behavior in the process of attempted coup, standing behind the national will. “Stability in Türkiye is key to the world and regional peace” TGNA ...

Principal Member of TÜBA, Professor Ömer Küçük Won “Cancer Researcher of the Year Award”

TÜBA Principal Member and Emory University Faculty Member Professor Ömer Küçük won the Cancer Researcher of the Year Prize given by the Gateway for Cancer Research. The prize was presented to Professor Ömer Küçük with a ceremony held in New York on 8th September 2016. Professor Ömer Küçük, recently has studies on genistein a ...