The TÃœBÄ°TAK Marmara Research Center (), shortly TÃœBÄ°TAK MAM, is a Turkish scientific and technological center carrying out research projects through its subordinate institutes on basic and applied science fields in the area of industrial needs to contribute to the increase of the global competitive power of the country. It was established in 1972 by the
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (, TÃœBÄ°TAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies, support and conduct research and development, and to ...
(, TÃœBÄ°TAK) in
Gebze
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,
Kocaeli Province
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bringing a number of research units of TÃœBÄ°TAK formed in the past under one umbrella.
The center is currently headed by Prof. Dr. İbrahim Dinçer.
History
Two years after its establishment, TÃœBÄ°TAK formed in 1965 the Operational Research Unit at the
Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...
(ODTÜ) in
Ankara
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. Founding of three more research institutions followed in 1968, namely the Electronics Research Institute at ODTÜ, the Materials Research Institute and Applied Mathematics Research Unit at
Istanbul Technical University
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(ITU). In 1970, the Nutrition and Food Technologies Research Unit was formed at
Ege University
Ege University or Aegean University () is a public research university in Bornova, Ä°zmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in Ä°zmir and the fourth oldest unive ...
in
Ä°zmir
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.
In the years after 1976, research projects were conducted that were funded by
UNIDO
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and NATO's Science for Stability Program. In the years 1982 and 1984, the number and value of contracted projects took a considerable size. And in 1991, TÃœBÄ°TAK MAM started a process of transformation adopting industrial research and development in principle as its main strategy and studies. In 1995, the center achieved a status of more dynamic and half autonomous organization.
In following years, the center underwent structural changes in the organization as a result of expansion of its subordinate research units. Electronics Research Department, National Metrology Institute and Research Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology grew enough in terms of staff and business volume so that they were reorganized as separate institutes directly reporting to TUBITAK headquarters in Ankara. In July 2006, the Research Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology was subordinated back to the Marmara Research Center. In the beginning of 2009, the Chemical and Environmental Institute was split in two institutes, namely Chemical Institute and Environment Institute. And finally in 2010, the Information Technologies Institute was transferred into
(UEKAE), an institute of
TÃœBÄ°TAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center (BÄ°LGEM).
Organization
The Marmara Research Center consists of seven institutes as follows:
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Chemistry Institute
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Earth and Marine Sciences Institute
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Energy Institute
The Energy Institute (EI) is a professional organization for engineers and other professionals in energy-related fields. The EI was formed in 2003 by the merger of the Institute of Petroleum (dating back to 1913) and the Institute of Energy ( ...
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Environment Institute
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Food Institute
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Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute
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Materials Institute
See also
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RV TÃœBÄ°TAK Marmara, a research vessel operated by the Environment Institute.
References
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Marmara Research Center
Organizations established in 1972
1972 establishments in Turkey
Organizations based in Gebze
Research institutes in Turkey