Hasan Mandal

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed rectors to 13 universities, marking a leadership shift at some of the country's most prestigious academic institutions.

Türkiye's top scientific institute has launched a project to assist young people with securing funding and refining their projects in the field of artificial intelligence, the board's chief has announced.

Turkish first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), a national institution committed to supporting the development of space and aviation science and technologies in the country.

Türkiye's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, arrived in the country on Feb. 12, a few days after returning to Earth and completing his two-week mission in space.

A group of 190 researchers will create a comprehensive fault map through a two-year-long study by identifying and analyzing all active fault lines capable of generating moderate and large-scale earthquakes, announces the head of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK).

Freeing the Marmara Sea of mucilage does not mean the sea has been saved, as there is still more that needs to be done, the head of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) has said.

The use of fertilizers and pesticides in the fields surrounding the sea should be stopped, and fishing in the Marmara Sea must be banned, according to Hasan Mandal.

A Turkish team has departed for Antarctica to conduct scientific research as part of the country's sixth expedition in Earth's southernmost continent.

Hasan Mandal, the head of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), expedition coordinator Burcu Özsoy and researchers from MAM Pole Research Institute bid farewell to the expedition team from Istanbul Airport.

Experts are concerned about the consumption of fish coming from the Marmara Sea, which has been covered with a thick, foamy layer of marine mucilage since April, daily Milliyet has reported.

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When asked if people could freely eat fish coming from the Marmara Sea, most experts and scientists hesitated to give a direct answer with a "Yes."

Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank has volunteered to take part in the phase 1 human trial of a vaccine candidate against COVID-19 that is being developed at Ankara Oncology Hospital.

Varank received the first shot of the vaccine based on virus-like particles' technology.

With the possibility that the sea level in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait might rise by 3 to 5 meters, there are fears that buildings along the strait's shore might submerge if the temperature increases by 3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a parliamentary report.