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9 December 2012 / ERCAN BAYSAL, ANKARA
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) has made a list of Turkish scientists in a number of countries with the aim of forming Turkey's “scientific diaspora.”
The report reveals that there are 1,335 scientists in 47 countries and promises that the figure will be updated annually. The 1,335 scientists are working at leading universities like Harvard and Oxford, scientific research centers and giant companies such as General Electric, NASA, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Motorola and Mitsubishi.
The US has the highest number of Turkish scientists, accounting for 49 percent of the 1,335 scientists. Germany, Canada, England, France, Swiss, Holland, Australia and Japan follow respectively. The number of Turkish researchers working in the US is greater than the number of Turkish scientists working in all European countries.
Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergün said that they don't consider this as a “brain drain”; on the contrary, they see it as brain power, as Turkey wants to benefit from the research these scientists carry out abroad.
Ergün went on to say that there are more Turkish scientists in research centers, universities and international companies in various countries than we think. “Each of them had to leave Turkey due to lack of appropriate working conditions in the country and moved to other countries. But we have established better contact with them now. They have seen that there are great opportunities in our country to do scientific and technological research. They are our brain powers functioning in various parts of the world. The Higher Education Board [YÖK] is working on a new law regarding this issue. I hope that law will present them with new opportunities. They will be our brain power and not that of other countries' then,” the minister noted.
A TÜBİTAK team tasked with making the list of Turkish scientists abroad has individually contacted all of the 1,335 scientists with the aim of establishing a network among the scientists as well as between them and Turkey. Ergün recalled a meeting that was held in July, bringing leading Turkish scientists carrying out their research abroad together in İstanbul and said there will be more such events. “Engineering and technological fields are the most popular research fields for Turkish scientists [abroad]. These two fields are followed by the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, medicine and healthcare sciences, human sciences and agricultural engineering Out of the [1,335] scientists, 76 percent work at universities; 12 percent work at research centers; 10 percent work in the private sector,” the minister said.
Source: TZ 1,335 Turkish scientists in 47 countries, report says
It is so sad that we still do not pay attention enough and give credits to the Scientists. I admit that it is much much better than past, however, we still need to create appropriate working conditions in the universities. In our country, the scientists are like high school teachers. In order to afford life expenses, a scientist has to work additionally such as in evening education or extra courses. Therefore, scientists do not have enough time to conduct their research. I am sure turkish members knows how much they get paid. In my opinion, scientists are the future of a country and without them a country cannot do anything but begging other countries for technological transfers.
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) has made a list of Turkish scientists in a number of countries with the aim of forming Turkey's “scientific diaspora.”
The report reveals that there are 1,335 scientists in 47 countries and promises that the figure will be updated annually. The 1,335 scientists are working at leading universities like Harvard and Oxford, scientific research centers and giant companies such as General Electric, NASA, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Motorola and Mitsubishi.
The US has the highest number of Turkish scientists, accounting for 49 percent of the 1,335 scientists. Germany, Canada, England, France, Swiss, Holland, Australia and Japan follow respectively. The number of Turkish researchers working in the US is greater than the number of Turkish scientists working in all European countries.
Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergün said that they don't consider this as a “brain drain”; on the contrary, they see it as brain power, as Turkey wants to benefit from the research these scientists carry out abroad.
Ergün went on to say that there are more Turkish scientists in research centers, universities and international companies in various countries than we think. “Each of them had to leave Turkey due to lack of appropriate working conditions in the country and moved to other countries. But we have established better contact with them now. They have seen that there are great opportunities in our country to do scientific and technological research. They are our brain powers functioning in various parts of the world. The Higher Education Board [YÖK] is working on a new law regarding this issue. I hope that law will present them with new opportunities. They will be our brain power and not that of other countries' then,” the minister noted.
A TÜBİTAK team tasked with making the list of Turkish scientists abroad has individually contacted all of the 1,335 scientists with the aim of establishing a network among the scientists as well as between them and Turkey. Ergün recalled a meeting that was held in July, bringing leading Turkish scientists carrying out their research abroad together in İstanbul and said there will be more such events. “Engineering and technological fields are the most popular research fields for Turkish scientists [abroad]. These two fields are followed by the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, medicine and healthcare sciences, human sciences and agricultural engineering Out of the [1,335] scientists, 76 percent work at universities; 12 percent work at research centers; 10 percent work in the private sector,” the minister said.
Source: TZ 1,335 Turkish scientists in 47 countries, report says
It is so sad that we still do not pay attention enough and give credits to the Scientists. I admit that it is much much better than past, however, we still need to create appropriate working conditions in the universities. In our country, the scientists are like high school teachers. In order to afford life expenses, a scientist has to work additionally such as in evening education or extra courses. Therefore, scientists do not have enough time to conduct their research. I am sure turkish members knows how much they get paid. In my opinion, scientists are the future of a country and without them a country cannot do anything but begging other countries for technological transfers.
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