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<\/p>\nMICHIGAN \u2013 Anatolia News Agency<\/p>\n
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A top Turkish scientific body has launched a campaign to entice Turkish academics working at United States universities back to Turkey by highlighting the caliber of the nation\u2019s research and development, or R&D, culture.<\/p>\n
As part of the \u201cDestination: Turkey\u201d campaign launched by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, or T\u00dcB\u0130TAK, top representatives from prominent Turkish industrial institutions visited Turkish academics in the U.S. to tell them about the R&D opportunities in Turkey to encourage them to return to Turkey.<\/p>\n
In the first leg of a series of visits by T\u00dcB\u0130TAK, the Turkish delegation visited the city of Boston and the state of Michigan to meet Turkish academics.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by more than 100 Turkish and foreign academics living in Michigan and surrounding states either working or continuing study in the U.S.<\/p>\n
Y\u0131ld\u0131z Holding Human Resources, Law and Supply Chain Group head Melih \u00d6zuyar said at the meeting R&D potential under the Y\u0131ld\u0131z Holding roof was exceptional and that the holding would give those who accepted T\u00dcB\u0130TAK\u2019s invitation to return to Turkey the opportunity to work at relevant projects in the Y\u0131ld\u0131z Holding portfolio.<\/p>\n
Y\u0131ld\u0131z Holding owns the well-known food brand \u00dclker, producing biscuits, candy, dairy products, instant foods and other such products.<\/p>\n
\u00d6zyuvar said the project enabled them to reach out to many research assistants in the U.S. and tell them about projects the holding is willing to develop in collaboration with cutting-edge scientists and researchers. \u201cTaking part in this project is extremely important for us in order to provide a high-quality labor force to our company.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the company was perfectly capable of creating the same opportunities for researchers as those in the U.S. \u201cToday, our laboratories are equipped with almost the same technology as in laboratories in the U.S. and the EU,\u201d he said, adding that wages were no longer below Western standards.<\/p>\n
There were almost 250 R&D staffers in their companies and 200 of them were working in the comestibles departments, he said.<\/p>\n
ASELSAN Defense Technologies Group General Manager for Unmanned Systems B\u00fclent Bilgin also spoke at the meeting. ASELSAN attached the utmost importance to employing Turkish researchers who have worked in the EU or the U.S. because the company believed such researchers could bring special added value to the R&D process. \u201cWe want to benefit from the same technology as in U.S. and therefore we are devout supporters of, as well as grateful to, T\u00dcB\u0130TAK\u2019s \u201cDestination: Turkey\u201d project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This first meeting was attended by representatives from Ankara, Bah\u00e7e\u015fehir, Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i, Ege Universities, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul \u015eehir University and Sabanc\u0131 and Uluda\u011f Universities, as well as representatives of the T\u00dcB\u0130TAK Institute\u00a0for Space Research, the \u0130zmir High Technology Institute and top officials from companies such as Y\u0131ld\u0131z Holding, ASELSAN, Ar\u00e7elik, T\u00fcrk Telekom A.\u015e and FNSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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