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TASSA
2014
INSTITUTIONAL
MEMBERS
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The First Meeting of
the Organizing Committee of TASSA 2016 was Held in Chicago in
January
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Preparation
of the TASSA 2016 meeting is already underway. Organizing committee
composed of eleven Turkish scientist/scholars from different
universities or research laboratories (whose names and affiliations
listed below), and the vice consul of Chicago Turkish Consulate,
Ahmet Ferda Karadeniz, attended the meeting.
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TASSA
President Haluk Ünal Adresses the Guests at the Turkish Embassy in
Washington D.C. on Higher Education Opportunities in the US
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TASSA President Haluk Ünal gave a speech on higher
education opportunities in the US. He was introduced by His Excellency
Serdar Kılıç, the US Ambassador for Turkey, who
underlined the significance of this event in bringing together
Turkish students and academic community.
Volkan Bozkır, Turkish
Minister for European Union Affairs, was also present in
Washington for an official visit. In his remarks, he emphasized
the growing role of scientists in today's society, especially
Turkish scientists in the US. The Minister concluded with a short
update on the status of Turkey's application for EU membership.
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IEEE
Pulse Journal Publishes a Study on Obesity in Turkish Migrants
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IEEEPulse, a magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers - IEEE, recently published an article on the subject of
obesity among Turkish migrants. IEEE Pulse Magazine focuses
on biomedical technologies and methods, clinical engineering, and
societal implications of medical technologies.
The
article can be read in its entirety at the following
link;
http://pulse.embs.org/january-2015/obesity-turkish-migrants/
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Smithsonian
Resident Associates Program Announces a Two-Part Lecture Series
Titled "Looking West: Ataturk and the Creation of Modern
Turkey" by Bulent Atalay
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Smithsonian Resident
Associates Program Announced a two-part lecture series titled
"Looking West: Ataturk and the Creation of Modern Turkey"
by Bulent Atalay. The lecture series will take place on March
31, 6:45 p.m. tp 8:45 p.m. at the S. Dillon Ripley Center of
Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.
Bulent
Atalay, President of the Atatürk Society of America, is
also a Turkish American scientist, artist, and author of numerous
papers in theoretical physics and two best-selling books about
Leonardo da Vinci, Math and the Mona Lisa and Leonardo's
Universe.
Further details about the program and the ticket
information can be found here: Smithsonian Resident Associates Program
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TASSA
President Ünal Expresses Opinion on Turkey's Efforts On Reversing
Brain Drain
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Since
2007, the Turkish Government has developed incentive programs for
Turkish scientist and scholars working outside of Turkey to reverse
the brain drain that has been eroding Turkey's intellectual
capacity for years. As a result of these programs, the R&D
budget was increased, new sponsored programs were created, and
several regulatory changes put in place to encourage reverse
brain-migration. However, these efforts created only limited
success. So far only 541 scientists/scholars have moved back to
Turkey.
TASSA
President Haluk Unal answered the questions of Basak Cubukcu, a
producer for Al Jazeera Turk Digital Magazine in a related piece
published on the website of Al Jazeera Turk.
The full article by Basak Cubukcu can
be read here.
http://www.aljazeera.com.tr/al-jazeera-ozel/beyin-gocune-burokrasi-puruzu
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National
Energy Independence Road Map for Turkey
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by Nejat Veziroglu
Turkey is a fast growing economy. During the last
ten years, it has increased its income per capita fourfold. Since
there is a close relationship between the income per capita and
energy consumption per capita (Fig. 1), Turkey's energy
consumption has been increasing fast, as well. Since Turkey
imports most of its petroleum, natural gas and coal, this results
in large trade deficits.
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If
Turkey's economic development is to grow in a fast pace, it is
important that the trade deficit must be eliminated as soon as
possible.
Full Report...
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TUBITAK
Destination Turkey 2015 West-Coast Conferences: 18 March 2015, UCLA
& 20 March 2015, Stanford University
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These TUBITAK
events aim at creating awareness on European Research Council Grants
and Marie Curie Individual Fellowships of the Horizon 2020
Programme (H2020) as well as TÜBİTAK programmes by gathering
eminent members of the Turkish Scientific diaspora and all other
nationalities carrying out competitive research in the USA. The target
audience is the starting and established researchers, irrespective
of their origins, who are moving to work in Turkey part time or
full time.
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ABOUT
Turkish
American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA) is an
independent, non-profit and non-political organization established
in June 2004 in Washington, DC. READ MORE
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By Nilay Papila
New Models of Brain
Circulation:
Half-time in the US and
Half-time in Turkey - Is this a real possibility?
We
are very well aware that "brain drain" is one of the main
obstacles for developing countries such as Turkey since through
brain drain; a country looses its scientists, engineers, or other
intellectual elites to a more developed country. "Reverse
brain drain/Brain gain" occurs if these professionals return
to their home country after several years of experience to start a
business, work and/or teach at a university in their home country.
Over the last decades, governments have attempted to reverse the
flow of brain drain through implementing new contracts, scholarships,
government policies, and several other methods.
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Introduction
of the Board Members: Hüseyin Abut
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On behalf of the editorial team of TASSA we are pleased to
introduce the members of our Board of Directors, who have agreed to
graciously share their thoughts on TASSA and its activities, as
well as information about themselves with our readership. In
this issue we feature Hüseyin Abut.
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Expert
opinion: Domestic violence and women by Resmiye Oral, M.D.
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Resmiye
Oral, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of
Child Protection Program at the University of Iowa, Carver College of
Medicine. We have reached Dr. Oral for her expert opinion on
violence against women for this issue of The Bridge.
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A
Conversation with Fatih Güvenen
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In
every issue of The Bridge, we aim to introduce a member of our
diaspora. These individuals touched the lives of many by their
research, teaching or service activities.
Our
guest on this issue of The Bridge is Fatih Güvenen, who is a
professor of economics at the University of Minnesota and an
Economic Advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and
The Central Bank of Turkey.
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Young
Scholar of the Month: Batuhan Osmanoğlu
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In
every issue of The Bridge, we highlight a young scholar profile
from our diaspora. These accomplished and early career individuals
demonstrate the potential of next generation Turkish-American
scientists and scholars. The young scholar in this issue is Batuhan
Osmanoğlu, Ph.D.
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