Istanbul Technical University

Turkish Professor Mehmet Toner has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the United States' most prestigious organizations and among the highest such professional distinctions accorded to an engineer, along with 105 other new U.S. and foreign members.

At least 749 earthquakes have hit the Marmara province of Çanakkale since Feb. 6, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has stated. 

Onkim Stem Cell Technologies, which was established in 2006 at Istanbul Technical University's Ayazağa Campus, recently realized its 15th umbilical cord blood transplantation at the Çukurova University Balcalı Hospital for the treatment of crescent-cell anemia. 

Detention warrants were issued on Jan. 20 for 41 academics at Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) over alleged links to the Gülen network, after the suspects were identified as users of the Bylock application.

After the warrant, simultaneous operations began in 10 provinces to apprehend the suspects. 

Alp Gürkan, the former chair of Soma Holding, which owned a mine that was the site of Turkey's worst-ever mine disaster in 2014, demanded his acquittal at his first hearing on Dec. 26, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Gürkan said he resigned as chair of the company on December 2013 and handed over the baton to his son due to his old age.

Turkish professor Gökhan Halıcı has been invited once again to Antarctica to conduct a scientific research on the categorization of lichen and bryophytes, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Dec. 25.

Halıcı, who is the only Turkish scientist in the research, is expected to stay in a Czech research station for three months. 

Complaints have risen over the Turkish government's decision to stop applying daylight saving time, prompting various suggestions on how to deal with challenges faced particularly by parents and students across the country.

Defying grave security challenges and high-tension politics, thousands of European exchange students continue to live and study in Istanbul, although their numbers have almost halved since last year. 

CEO of Turkey's national carrier Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, has taken over as top official of the country's aerospace powerhouse Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

Kotil, who has been running THY since 2005, the airliner's most successful years of growth—took over TAI's top position from Muharrem Dörtkaşlı.

Avcı said the rumors that the AKM, a contested arts and culture venue located at the heart of Istanbul's Taksim Square, would be turned into a shopping mall are "not true."