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  Scientists Involved in R&D can receive Turkish Citizenship Easily

  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked ministers, bureaucrats, universities and public and private companies to show positive discrimination in favor of scientists who are involved in research and development (R&D) activities.
  
  Speaking at the 29th meeting of the Supreme Board of Science and Technology (BTYK), operating under the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), in Ankara on Tuesday, Erdoğan said Turkiye has rapidly been advancing toward reaching targets set out to earn the country a sense of innovation and development.
  
  “Science and technology is a field that has impacts on social and economic spheres, too. Any investment in science and technology is indeed an investment in a country’s future. The more we invest in this field and the more scientists we have, the more confidently we can look forward to the future and achieve many things that can only be imagined today,” he noted.
  
  To exemplify affirmative action in favor of scientists, the prime minister pointed to the ease with which they can apply and receive Turkish citizenship.
  
  He said total R&D expenditures in 2002 were TL 2.3 billion and that this figure had increased threefold by the end of 2008 to reach TL 6.9 billion. The number of full-time personnel working specifically in R&D activities was 27,000 in 2002. The government set reaching a staff of 40,000 as its target for 2010 and was able to achieve this figure by 2006, he said. Currently, the prime minister added, there are 67,000 full-time R&D personnel in Turkiye, a number that is likely to increase to 150,000 in 2013.
  
  Erdoğan also applauded the rising contribution of the private sector in total R&D studies. He again compared today’s figures with those of 2002, when his party was first elected to government. In 2002, the private sector was spending a combined figure of TL 675 million; this number had surpassed TL 3 billion by the end of 2008. The private sector’s share in spending for technological improvements amounted to 44 percent of total spending by the end 2008. This rate is much higher in developed economies, Erdoğan asserted, recalling the government’s target of 60 percent for 2013, as set out in the 17th meeting.
  
  Erdoğan also praised the performance of the Turkish team in the 17th International Science Olympiads this year. Thirty-five high schools represented Turkiye in this year’s competition, and 34 of them won a medal. “I don’t remember any championship in which we achieved such a stunning result,” Erdoğan said and expressed gratitude to everyone who had a share in this remarkable success.
  
  Source: Today's Zaman
  
  Kind Regards,
  Rabia Rahimbayeva.
  
  • 22 Dec 2009, 10:44 pm
  Rabia Rahimbayeva wrote: > Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked ministers, bureaucrats, > universities and public and private companies to show positive > discrimination in favor of scientists who are involved in research > and development (R&D) activities. > > Speaking at the 29th meeting of the Supreme Board of Science and > Technology (BTYK), operating under the Scientific and Technological > Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), in Ankara on Tuesday, Erdoğan > said Turkiye has rapidly been advancing toward reaching targets set > out to earn the country a sense of innovation and development. > > “Science and technology is a field that has impacts on social and > economic spheres, too. Any investment in science and technology is > indeed an investment in a country’s future. The more we invest in > this field and the more scientists we have, the more confidently we > can look forward to the future and achieve many things that can only > be imagined today,” he noted. > > To exemplify affirmative action in favor of scientists, the prime > minister pointed to the ease with which they can apply and receive > Turkish citizenship. > > He said total R&D expenditures in 2002 were TL 2.3 billion and that > this figure had increased threefold by the end of 2008 to reach TL > 6.9 billion. The number of full-time personnel working specifically > in R&D activities was 27,000 in 2002. The government set reaching a > staff of 40,000 as its target for 2010 and was able to achieve this > figure by 2006, he said. Currently, the prime minister added, there > are 67,000 full-time R&D personnel in Turkiye, a number that is > likely to increase to 150,000 in 2013. > > Erdoğan also applauded the rising contribution of the private sector > in total R&D studies. He again compared today’s figures with those of > 2002, when his party was first elected to government. In 2002, the > private sector was spending a combined figure of TL 675 million; this > number had surpassed TL 3 billion by the end of 2008. The private > sector’s share in spending for technological improvements amounted to > 44 percent of total spending by the end 2008. This rate is much > higher in developed economies, Erdoğan asserted, recalling the > government’s target of 60 percent for 2013, as set out in the 17th > meeting. > > Erdoğan also praised the performance of the Turkish team in the 17th > International Science Olympiads this year. Thirty-five high schools > represented Turkiye in this year’s competition, and 34 of them won a > medal. “I don’t remember any championship in which we achieved such a > stunning result,” Erdoğan said and expressed gratitude to everyone > who had a share in this remarkable success. > > Source: Today's Zaman > > Kind Regards, > Rabia Rahimbayeva.