Turkey

For further information related to Turkish events, contact the Coordinator:
 Miss Lydia Amon
Istanbul University
Faculty of Sciences
Department of Physics
Nuclear Physics Division
34459 Vezneciler / Istanbul, Turkey
tel: +9 0 212 455 57 00 (15504) • fax: +9 0 212 519 08 34
Email: lidyamon@istanbul.edu.tr

Events:

  • Turkish Physical Society (TPS) sent an introductory article about World Year of Physics 2005 to all its members by e-mail. This article can be found on the web page of TPS (www.tps.org.tr/tfd_eng.html).
  • TPS requested from  General Management of Post, telegraph and telephone administration to publish stamp especially for World Year of Physics 2005.
  • World Year of Physics 2005 – Turkish Physical Society Panel of TURKEY and CERN will be held in September 13, 2005 at 14:00 in Mugla University with the attendance of Prof. Dr. Erdal INONU (TUBITAK -  Panel Director), Prof. Dr. Baki AKKUS (Istanbul University - President of TPS), Prof. Dr. Nüket YETIS (Deputy President of TUBITAK), *Okay CAKIROGLU (President of TAEK), *Prof Dr. Engin BERMEK (President of TUBA), Prof. Dr. Gülsen ONENGUT (Cukurova University) and Prof. Dr. Omer YAVAS (Ankara University).
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society, Panel of Education in TURKEY will be held in September 15, 2005 at 14:00 in Mugla University with the attendance of Prof. Dr. Sener OKTIK (Rector of Mugla University -  Panel Director), Prof. Dr. Ramazan AYDIN (Rector of 18 Mart University) , Prof. Dr. Nihat BERKER (Istanbul Technical University), Ibrahim BETIL (Former President of TGV), Prof. Dr. Isa ESME (Member of The Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey), Ipek GURKAYNAK and  Prof. Dr. Durul OREN (Rector of Yildiz Technical University).
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society – Panel about What can be done for Earthquake in TURKEY? will be held in September 14, 2005 at 10:30 in Mugla University with the attendance of Prof. Dr. Ahmet Mete ISIKARA (Panel Director – Former Manager of Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory), Prof. Dr. Gülay BARBAROSOGLU (Manager of Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory), Prof. Dr. Haluk EYIDOGAN (President of National Earthquake Council),  Assoc. Prof. Oguz GUNDOGDU (Istanbul University), Dr. Osman GURUN (President of Mugla Municipality) and Prof. Dr. Is?k SAYIN (Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Manager of Center for Interference to Crisis).
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society – Panel about Forthcoming Fotonic Technology will be held in September 16, 2005 at 14:00 in Mu?la University with the attendance of Prof. Dr. Sad?k ESENER (UCSD -  Panel Director), Prof. Dr. Atilla AYDINLI (Bilkent University), Prof. Dr. Omer ILDAY (MIT), Prof. Dr. Atac IMAMOGLU (ETHZ), Prof. Dr. Alper KIRAZ (Koc University), Prof. Dr. Refik KORTAN (Warren), Prof. Dr. Cem OZTURK (Sabanc? University), Prof. Dr. Alphan SENNAROGLU (Koc University), Prof. Dr. Ali SERPENGUZEL (Koc University) and Prof. Dr. Alexander SHUMOVSKI (Bilkent University).
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society, First Photograph Competition of a Physical Nature Event will be organized by Chairman of the Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Sevgi BAYARI (President of Ankara Branch of TPS). First three win prizes and 50 event will be exhibited in several universities. First exhibition will be in World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society Fourth International Physics Student Congress and Festival which will be held between August 31 – September 3, 2005 in the Seferihisar Payaml? service area of Dokuz Eylul University. Second exhibition and the prize ceremony will be in World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society 23 rd International Physics Congress which will be held between September 13-16, 2005 in Mugla University. Deadline to participate the competiton is June 15, 2005. Winners will be announced in June 30, 2005. 
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society Fourth International Physics Student Congress and Festival will be held between August 31 – September 3, 2005 in  Dokuz Eylul University by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Mustafa EROL (President of Izmir Branch of TPS).
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society 23 rd International Physics Congress (http://fizik.mu.edu.tr/tfd2005e.htm) will be held between September 13-16, 2005 in Mugla University under houseownership of Physicist Rector of Mugla University Prof. Dr. Sener OKTIK. Scientific Committee Director will be Prof. Dr. Mehmet ERBUDAK and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee will be Ass. Prof. Tayfun BUKE. Winner of Nobel Physics Prize in 1986 PROF. DR. HEINRICHROHRER will attend to the congress. Students, physicists, researchers and professors from TURKEY and abroad are expected to attend the congress.  
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society First National Summer School of Particle Accelerators will be held in Ankara University between July 4-9, 2005 by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee  Prof. Dr. Omer YAVAS.
  • World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society, Dense Matter Physics Conference will be held in Yildiz Technical University by  Chairman of the Organizing Committee Res. Ass. Süreyya AYDIN.
  • Due to the World Year of Physics 2005, Remembrance Brochure which contains the picture and the autobiography of the physicists we lost, will be published under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Erbudak. Also in the World Year of Physics 2005, Turkish Physical Society 23 rd International Physics Congress which will be held between September 13-16, 2005 in Mugla University there will be a special stand for the physicists we lost.
  • Short advertisements on Turkish Television Channels about World Year of Physics 2005.
  • Advertisements on the billboards about World Year of Physics 2005.

  • Physics Toys about World Year of Physics 2005. Stickers, t-shirts, hats, umbrellas, school bags which has the picture of Albert Einstein.

  • Physics Story Project

  • "Research School on Cosmology"
    Contact: cosmology@gursey.gov.tr
    Event Place: TUBITAK & BU Feza Gursey Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
    Dates: June 6 - July 6,2005
    Description: The year 2005 marks the centennial celebration of
    Einstein's "Miraculous Year" in which he wrote three legendary
    articles describing revolutionary new insights into physics that
    have formed the basis of our modern understanding of the Universe.
    The Research School is organized in conjunction with the United
    Nations endorsed international celebration of physics. It aims at
    providing an occasion to educate graduate students and young
    researchers on the latest developments in theoretical and
    observational cosmology.


    Lecturers:


    S. Carroll (Univ. of Chicago, USA)
    R. Gregory (Univ. of Durham, UK)
    M. Hindmarsh (Univ. of Sussex,UK)
    J. Lidsey (QMUL, London, UK)
    K. Maeda (Waseda Univ., JAPAN)
    V. Mukhanov (Munich Univ., GERMANY)
    S. Odintsov (ICREA/IEEC, SPAIN)
    K. Olive (Univ. of Minnesota, USA)
    M. Perry (Univ. of Cambridge, UK)
    J. Silk (Univ. of Oxford, UK)


    Topics Covered:


    Structure and Evolution of the Universe
    CMB and Cosmological Parameters
    Cosmological Solutions and Conundrums
    Inflation Models and Cosmological Fluctuations
    Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis
    Dark Matter, Dark Energy, the Accelerating Universe
    Extra Dimensions and Braneworlds
    Superstring / Brane / Loop Quantum Cosmology

  • TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association) and Turkiye Bilim Merkezleri Vakfi (Turkey Science Centers Foundation) organize a seminar on "Science and Technology" on 6th of June, 2005 in Istanbul. The aim of the seminar is to highlight the importance of physics in science and technology and to raise the public awareness on World Year of Physics 2005. Download the programme in .pdf format