Crewft Türkiye - Social Innovation

TÜBİTAK was founded in 1963, at the beginning of the planned economy period in Turkey. Its main duties during its establishment were to support basic and applied academic research, especially in the natural sciences, and to encourage and encourage young researchers. In order to fulfill these tasks, four research groups (the Research Support Programs Directorate, which now includes ten research groups) and the Scientist Training Group (now the Scientist Support Department) were established in the fields of basic sciences, engineering, medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry. In 1971, the Building Research Institute (turned into a research group by the decision of the TÜBİTAK Scientific Board in 1989); In 1972, Marmara Scientific and Industrial Research Institute in Gebze, now Marmara Research Center-TÜBİTAK-MAM; In 1973, the Guided Vehicles Technology and Measurement Center, now the Defense Industry Research and Development Institute-TÜBİTAK-SAGE; Ankara Electronics Research and Development Institute in 1984, Information Technologies and Electronics Research Institute-BİLTEN in 1995 and now Space Technologies Research Institute-TÜBİTAK-UZAY; With the establishment of the National Metrology Institute - TÜBİTAK-UME in 1986 and the Turkish Industrial Management Institute - TÜSSİDE, which was jointly established with the Ministry of National Education in 1983 and became an Institute directly affiliated with the TÜBİTAK Presidency in 2002, research activities, which are among the duties of the institution, began.

TÜBİTAK established the Documentation and Information Center in 1967 to provide services to researchers. It has undertaken the task of providing documentation services in the field of R&D. This center was transformed into the National Academic Network and Information Center - TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM after the academic computer network was established in 1996. In addition to this center, the National Observatory-TÜBİTAK-TUG and the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory in 1995, now the Ankara Test and Analysis Laboratory-TÜBİTAK-ATAL; In 1996, Basic Sciences Research Institute-FEZA GÜRSEY; With the establishment of Bursa Test and Analysis Laboratory-TÜBİTAK-BUTAL in 2001, various scientific and technological infrastructure services are provided to researchers in different fields.

TÜBİTAK has undertaken the responsibility of assisting the Government in determining Turkey's science and technology policies by taking on the task of preparing the "Turkish Science Policy; 1983-2003" document for the first time. The establishment of the Supreme Council of Science and Technology (BTYK) in 1983 and the assignment of the secretariat of this board to TÜBİTAK made this responsibility a clear and concrete task. In connection with this task, TUBITAK has carried out a comprehensive project called "Vision 2023" to determine the science and technology policies to be implemented in the next twenty years, and also provided coordination in the preparation of the 2005-2010 National Science and Technology Policies Implementation Plan, the 2008-2010 National Innovation Strategies Implementation Plan and the 2007-2010 International STI Strategies Plan.

Money-Credit and With the Coordination Board's Communiqué No. 95/2 dated June 1, 1995, regarding the regulation of state aid to be given to encourage the technology development and innovation activities of industrial organizations and the private sector, the task of evaluating the R&D projects to be supported was given to TÜBİTAK together with the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade (DTM). For this purpose, the Technology Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (now the Technology and Innovation Support Programs Directorate - TEYDEB) was established. While these supports given as grants were previously covered entirely from DTM financial resources, between August 2005 and September 2010, 25% of these supports were provided by DTM and 75% by TÜBİTAK. With the amendment of the Communiqué published on September 23, 2010, they began to be covered entirely by TÜBİTAK resources. It represents Turkey and provides coordination in this field. In addition, it provides the national coordination of these programs after Turkey's full participation in the EU Framework Programs since 2003.

Activities to increase awareness and science literacy in the society about scientific, technological and innovation activities have been implemented through published journals and books, competitions and festivals, starting from the first years of TÜBİTAK's establishment. Since 2007, support has been given to "Science and Society Projects" in this field. In addition, studies that enable society to meet science and technology in environments where people learn through fun are ongoing.

The name TÜBİTAK, which was previously "Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council", was changed to "Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council" with Law No. 5376, which came into force on July 7, 2005. The provisions in the Establishment Law and subsequent legislation and texts, which give the impression that TÜBİTAK's field of activity is limited to natural sciences, have been expanded in the new law, and social sciences and humanities have also been included in the scope of duty of the Institution. With Law No. 5376, the principles of accountability of the Institution have been defined, not only in terms of compliance with financial legislation, but more importantly, in line with the strategic plan and management principles that contain concrete measures and targets in terms of the efficiency performance expected from it. Law No. 5376 also introduced provisions that will enable the use of various and effective mechanisms that will ensure the transfer of information and technology from the environments where they are produced to the environments where they are used and will improve university-industry cooperation.