Turkish_Space_Agency

Turkish Space Agency

Turkish Space Agency

National space agency of Turkey


The Turkish Space Agency (Turkish: Türkiye Uzay Ajansı, TUA) is a government agency for national aerospace research as a part of the space program of Turkey. It was formally established by a presidential decree on 13 December 2018.[3][4]

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Headquartered in Ankara,[5] the agency is subordinated to the Ministry of Industry and Technology. With the establishment of TUA, the Department for Aviation and Space Technologies at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure was abolished. TUA prepares strategic plans that include medium and long-term goals, basic principles and approaches, objectives and priorities, performance measures, methods to be followed and resource allocation for aerospace science and technologies.[6]

TUA works in close collaboration with the TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY). It is administrated by an executive board of seven members. The tenure of board members, the chairperson excluded, is three years.[7][6]

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References

  1. "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: Atama kararları Resmi Gazete'de" (in Turkish). ntv.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. "Turkey launches national space program". Hürriyet Daily News. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. "Turkey formally establishes its national Space Agency". Daily Sabah. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı'nın merkezi Ankara'da olacak". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı Hakkında Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kararnamesi" (PDF). T.C. Resmi Gazete (in Turkish). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. "Uzay Ajansı'nın İlk Başkanı Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Haberturk.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: Atama kararları Resmi Gazete'de" (in Turkish). ntv.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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