The 48th General Assembly of TÜBA was Held
TÜBA held the 48th General Assembly with the attendance of Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Işık on December 13, 2015 at The Green Park Hotel in Ankara.
In the opening of the 48th General Assembly of TÜBA Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Işık emphasized in his speech that they would be increasing the support given to students, scientists and researchers and added “Very important tasks are assigned to TÜBA in terms of increasing interest in science, spreading scientific thought and introducing our scientific heritage to our people in Turkey. We are establishing science centers especially to increase interest in science and technology. We have established such centers in Konya, Kocaeli and Bursa, and will continue in other cities. We want TÜBA to have a more effective and active role in the establishment of these centers and are intensifying our work on this subject. We place great importance on two points; first of all we need to show our kids at an early age that science was produced in our scientific history. We need to explain the contribution of Turkish-Islamic scientists to science. We need to teach them about El Biruni, İbn-i Sina and El Battani. Second of all we want to develop local mechanisms in scientific exhibits. This is where we expect the assistance of TÜBA in designing mechanisms at a level that our children can understand in terms of concept”.
Minister Işık, who concluded his speech by congratulating the winners of the TÜBA Academy Awards, presented Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Kılıç, Prof. Dr. Ömer Küçük and Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal with their certificates for being elected as principle members in the 47th General Assembly that took place in June 2015.
TÜBA President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevat Acar said in his speech, “we are pleased to have presented the first Academy Awards we have started at international level this year. I wish to congratulate Niyazi Serdar Çiftçi, who has earned a well deserved reputation in the field of solar energy, Prof. Dr. Zülfiqar Ahmad Bhutta who is accomplished in the field of epidemiological work on mother and child health, and our Scholar Mehmet Genç for his work in Ottoman-Turkish Economic History, which ‘shows that quality work can be done without having to praise academic title’ in the field of Social and Human Sciences and thank them on your behalf and mine for their achievements”. Expressing that TÜBA has an increasing interaction with the world scientific community, Acar added that the number of umbrella organizations that the academy was a member in had increased to 12 and the national academies they were cooperating with had increased to 30. Our Award programs continue with increasing quality and our GEBİP Award recipients are conducting very satisfying projects. Providing examples of the academy’s activities, Acar drew attention to the importance of the TÜBA Awards being supported by the Presidency.
At the General Assembly ‘Academy Conferences’ were presented by Mehmet Genç in the field of Social and Human Sciences, Prof. Dr. Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi in the field of Science and Engineering Studies and Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta in the field of Health and Life Studies who were all given the Academy Award, being presented as an international award for the first time this year.
After the conferences the meeting continued closed to the press
