44th General Assembly of TÜBA
44th Meeting of General Assembly of TÜBA were conducted at Ankara Grand Rixos Hotel on 14th December 2013 date with the attendance of founding, honor and associate members.
Meeting was opened with National Anthem and a moment of silence; President of TÜBA, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevat Acar made a speech. He started his speech by greeting General Assembly and presenting his condolences for the Academy member that were deceased this year and ACAR has given some information about activities that were actualized since he has taken the duty and about approach of the management. Acar expressed that “they have adopted an strategic approach based on evaluating differences as riches, incorporation and maintaining this status, complying with legal and ethical principles, awareness and responsibility of being a national academy of Turkey” and he also mentioned that during this time, they have given priority to perform activities relating restructuring and incorporating of the Academy and to obtain remainder works of previous period. Academy president mentioned that new projects are being developed as well as maintaining current program and projects that they have focused on “invisible” works until now, however 2014 shall be a year of heavily built on visible works. Acar has given information about Budget and Strategic Plan of TÜBA and new projects and member successes, also he told that they shall work in a direction of stronger and more reputable TÜBA and Turkey with the approach they have adopted. Academy president mentioned that new projects are being developed as well as maintaining current program and projects that they have focused on “invisible” works until now, however 2014 shall be a year of heavily built on visible works.
After speech of the Academy President, eulogies were told respectively by Honor member Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı ULUS, founder member Muzaffer Şeker and Prof. Dr. Umran Savaş İnan for the 3 Academy members that have died in this year Prof. Dr. Alaeddin Akçasu, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Kayaalp and Prof. Dr. Oğuz Kerim Başkurt. Academy Conference of TÜBA Honor Member, Prof. Dr. M. İlhan Başgöz with “Türküler Çıkmış Yola Savulun” title that contains folk songs and stories of folk songs, also performance of artist Kubilay Dökmetaş were attracted the attention of audience.
Meeting of TÜBA General Assembly was come to an end after wishes and comments of General Assembly members following member selection, strategy plan and agenda articles relating budget.
