Transcript İZMİR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ECONOMY
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Turkey
East-Central Europe
World
REAL GDP GROWTH (% CHANGE)
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World’s 16th/ Europe’s 6th largest economy
EU’s 5th largest export and 7th largest import partner in 2009
Number one TV manufacturer in Europe
5th largest clothing manufacturer in the world and 2nd biggest supplier to the
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World’s 8th and Europe’s 3rd largest iron and steel producer
*Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGY
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78 million population
Median age 29.2
50% of total population is under median age
Over 35 million internet users
Mobile penetration rate 97.3%
66 million registered mobile subscribers (usage 3rd in Europe)
4th largest Telecom Market in Europe
Over 29 million facebook users (4th in the world /2nd in Europe)
HIGHER EDUCATION
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NUMBER OF TURKISH UNIVERSITIES
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Number of Universities Foundation
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Number of Universities State
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HE reforms over the past decade
Rapid expansion in number of universities
Increasing student places in existing universities
RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
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Participation in FP7: € 82.4 million received by TR partners between 2007- 2010
in support of 540 Turkish partners
 Technology Development Zones:
4000 ongoing
7000 completed
300 patents
the product export value exceeded 500 million dollars
 Publications in refereed journals increased significantly in the last few years
Turkey’s ranking increased from 35 to 18 (1996 to 2010)
RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
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Research and Development expenditure increased by % 14.6 in 2010
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Ongoing growth in the number of the researchers
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EC Eurostat Statistics in 2009
the 3rd highest average annual growth rate (AAGR) of researchers in FTE
(full time employment) in Europe (13.4 %)
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The share of Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) in GDP was 0.84%,
(FTE) R&D personnel was 81,792
FTE researchers 64,341 in 2010
TURKEY’S RESEARCH PRIORITIES
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Information Technologies
Biotechnology and Gene Technologies
Material Technologies
Nanotechnology
Design Technologies
Mechatronics
Energy and Environmental Technologies
Production Methods and Machinery
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