2024 TÜBA - TEKNOFEST Doctoral Science Awards Found Their Owners
TÜBA-TEKNOFEST Doctoral Science Awards were presented by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at TEKNOFEST, Türkiye's largest Aviation, Space and Technology Festival, of which TÜBA is one of the stakeholders.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented the awards to the winners at TEKNOFEST Adana, where science and technology enthusiasts meet. Stating that young people are the hope of Türkiye, President Erdoğan said, “TEKNOFEST shows us very clearly that foreign dependency, assembly, and living in need of others is not the destiny of our country. Remember, young people, TEKNOFEST is a youth epic, TEKNOFEST is a technology revolution. TEKNOFEST is the strong voice of idealistic youth sprouting in fertile Anatolian soil.”
In the program, which was established to encourage, support and honor doctoral dissertations that stand out in order to increase qualified human resources trained in all fields, the awards found their owners for the 4th time.
Dr. Sercan Aygün in the field of Science and Engineering Sciences, Dr. Tuğrul Cabir Hakyemez in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Nadir Yalçın in the field of Health and Life Sciences, and Dr. Recep İşçi in the field of Basic Sciences, the winners of the TÜBA-TEKNOFEST Doctoral Science Awards program, were presented their awards by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Speaking on October 5 at the certificate presentation ceremony held for all award winners at TEKNOFEST, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır underlined that TEKNOFEST PhD Science Awards were given to original theses written in 4 main branches on Türkiye's priority issues as a result of a meticulous evaluation and congratulated the winning scientists. TÜBA President Prof. Muzaffer Şeker stated that theses in the field of basic sciences were also awarded for the first time in the award program, and drew attention to the importance of supporting and appreciating young scientists as the TÜBA family in terms of academic motivation and scientific development.
In addition to the first prize winners of the program, whose awards were presented by President Erdoğan, the second prize winners were Dr. Doğa Doğanay in the field of Science and Engineering Sciences, Dr. Sinan Okur in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Esra Bulut Atalay and Dr. Esra Atalay Şahar in the field of Health and Life Sciences, Dr. Zafer Eroğlu in the field of Basic Sciences, and Dr. Zafer Eroğlu in the field of Basic Sciences. Dr. Semih Doğu in the field of Science and Engineering Sciences, Dr. Şeyma Çağlar Özhan in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Ece Güler in the field of Health and Life Sciences, and Dr. Çağla Çelik in the field of Basic Sciences were presented their award certificates by the Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır and President Şeker.
In the TÜBA - TEKNOFEST Doctoral Science Awards Program, doctoral dissertations completed and defended in the last 2 years on “Technology and Design, Information and Communication Technologies, Education, Health, Agriculture and Ecology Technologies and Biotechnology, International Relations, Development Policies, Educational Approaches, Security Policies of the National Technology Move”, which have been shown as priority areas of TEKNOFEST, are awarded.
