Yücel Altunba

The new head of the country?s top science body has been assigned after a reshuffling process within the institution.

Professor Ahmet Arif Ergin has become the new head of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK). His assignment decision was published June 11 in the Official Gazette.

The former head of Turkey?s top science body and two of its employees were detained on April 14 for hiring an employee with a fake diploma, amid allegations of illegal wire-tapping targeting senior government officials.