Bilkent University

Six Turkish universities have placed in the top 20 of a university ranking list taking into consideration 20 nations from emerging Europe and Central Asia (EECA). 

A total of 12 universities made the top 100 in the list compiled by the QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia (EECA) University Rankings for the education year of 2015/2016. 

The Turkish government spent slightly less on research and development (R&D) last year compared with the previous year, according to a report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜIK) on June 18.

Allocation for R&D activities fell 3.73 percent to $2 billion, the report said.

Three Turkish universities - Koç, Sabanc? and Bilkent - have been ranked among the world?s best 100 universities of less than 50 years of age by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine.

The universities were listed in the THE?s fourth annual ?100 Under 50? list for 2015 on April 30.

Turkey is planning to build a silicon-based chip factory in Gebze in northwestern Turkey, Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri I??k told Anadolu Agency on April 21.
     

There will be a lot of political discussion on the evacuation and relocation of the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in Syria. Historically, last week?s military operation carries a lot of significance. And no matter who says what it is, it is an obvious withdrawal. But the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had a pretty good reason for the move.

Eight Turkish universities were listed this year among the 100 top universities in the "BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings," with the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara taking third place in the list.

ODTÜ was also named the world's 85th best university in the 2015 rankings.

Turkey’s first ever culture and tourism minister, Talat Sait Halman, passed away on Dec. 4.

Halman was born in Istanbul in 1931. He studied at Istanbul’s Robert Collage and got his master’s degree in political science from Columbia University.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has repeated his call on the government to carry out efforts to solve Turkey’s decades-old Kurdish insurgency under the roof of Parliament, rather than in talks “behind closed doors.”

The Ankara-based Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) topped the list of the most entrepreneurial and innovative universities, as was also the case last year.