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Scientists Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci, a Turkish-German couple who are the cofounders of BioNTech, the first effective COVID-19 vaccine that saved millions of lives, have said they are planning to start clinical studies in Türkiye next year under the BioNTech brand.

A subsidiary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, Arter continues its multidisciplinary program comprised of exhibitions, events, learning, and publications at its building in Istanbul.

Arter, a subsidiary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation and a vibrant cultural hub, is bringing together leading names of the music industry with their brand-new music creations in its second edition of New and Newest Music Festival to be held online on Feb. 26, 27 and 28.

‘Youssouf Bey: The Charged Portraits of Fin-de-Siecle Pera’ edited by Bahattin Öztuncay, Sinan Kuneralp, Guillaume Doizy and K. Mehmet Kentel (Vehbi Koç Foundation, $160, 120 pages)

Yıldız Holding, which is home to global brands such as Godiva and United Biscuits, set up the Sabri Ülker Center at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2014 with a $24 million donation. The holding has 56,000 staff on four continents; they have made $3.6 billion in investments in the past five years.  

A Turkish scientist famous for his work on human brain has been awarded the 15th Vehbi Koç Award, a prestigious award that is granted to individuals and organizations annually by the Vehbi Koç Foundation in honor of the Koç Group's founder.

A new step has been taken in ?zmir?s Urla district to boost Turkey?s position in underwater archaeology and to conduct studies on underwater cultural richness, with the opening of the Ankara University Mustafa Vehbi Koç Marine Archaeology Research Center on June 17.