Hi,
Feza Gursey Institute in Turkey, which hosted the only Sage notebook
server in Turkey and contributed a Turkish translation of the notebook
as well as hosting many workshops to popularize computational algebra,
is being closed.
There is more information below, with a (hidden) link to the petition:
Petition: http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com/imza-kampanyasi-petition/
It would be a great help if you can sign the petition and spread the
word.
Burcin
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Dear Colleague,
The current administration of TUBITAK, the Turkish counterpart of
NSF/DFG/CNRS, has decided to close down the Feza Gursey Institute
(FGI), Turkey’s only institute devoted to research in theoretical
physics and mathematics.
To help us you may want to write a letter directly to the Science,
Technology and Industry Minister, the president of TUBITAK and/or to
also consider signing the petition. We would be happy to publish your
letter in
http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com/category/akademisyen-mektuplari/akademisyen-mektuplari-int/
For your letters, you could use the following header, the email
addresses and the fax numbers:
Dear Minister Nihat Ergun,
Minister of Science, Technology and Industry
Dear Dr. Hüsnü Tekin,
Deputy Undersecretary,
Ministry of Science, Technology and Industry
Dear Professor Nuket Yetis,
TUBITAK President
nihat.er...@tbmm.gov.tr,
husnu.te...@sanayi.gov.tr
nuket.ye...@tubitak.gov.tr,
Fax: +90 312 219 67 45 (Minister Nihat Ergun)
Fax: +90 312 219 68 22 (Deputy Undersecretary Dr. Husnu Tekin)
Fax: +90 312 467 95 82 (TUBITAK President Prof. Nuket Yetis)
Petition: http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com/imza-kampanyasi-petition/
More detailed information can be found in the attachments of this
email or on the blog
http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com
as well as many letters written to the Minister and the TUBITAK
President.
Some websites supporting Feza Gursey Institute:
http://www.phys.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp/~hetweb/fgisave/
http://noncommutativegeometry.blogspot.com/
Thank you very much for all your support.
Best regards,
savefezagursey.wordpress.com
PS : We would also be grateful if you could distribute this message.
ABOUT THE ATTACHMENTS:
(1) CallForHelpFezaGursey.txt
-- gives a more in depth description of what is happening to the
only theoretical physics and math institute of Turkey, Feza Gursey
Institute.
(2) PublicDeclarationByTUBITAKInformationOffice.txt
( also available at
http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/tubitaks-public-declaration/
at the REQUEST of TUBITAK Information Office )
-- Upon writing a letter to the TUBITAK President Prof. Nuket Yetis,
you will receive the Public Declaration in the form of a letter from
the president as Prof. Sonoda of Kobe University did:
http://www.phys.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp/~hetweb/fgisave/TBAE-EN.pdf
(3) AReplytoPublicDeclaration.txt
( also available at
http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/an-answer-to-public-declaration/
)
-- clarifies some untouched points in the Public Declaration and
asks some significant questions...
TUBITAK Information Office has made no further public
announcements YET!
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Dear Professor,
Feza Gursey Institute, Turkey's single theoretical physics and math
institute was closed down by TUBITAK, the mother organization to which
Feza Gursey Insitute belongs to.
This decision
- was made by TUBITAK's highest council, named the Scientific Board
on July 9th,
- was delivered to the Institute on July 11th,
- and declared that Feza Gursey Institute is going to become a part
of the Informatics and Information Safety Center (BILGEM in Turkish)
in Gebze, the main research campus of TUBITAK, by July 15th.
By this decision, the charter of Feza Gursey Institute was changed in two ways:
- Structural Changes: As a part of this Information Safety Center,
Feza Gursey Institute is no longer an independent institute, but
rather a department within this cryptology research center.
- Scientific Changes: Feza Gursey Institute mission was redefined
to help pure and applied problems of Turkey, etc...
Although it seems that TUBITAK would keep the renowned physicist Feza
Gursey's name for the institute, Institute will be terminated as a
theoretical physics and math institute and will be reinvented as an
applied sciences Institute within Information Safety Center, BILGEM.
Here, I add a very raw English translation of the decision letter to
close down/restructure Feza Gursey Institute and the following
preliminary paragraph about Feza Gursey Institute's history:
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Preliminary Information for the second paragraph of the letter: Feza
Gursey Insitute was formed by signing of a protocol between TUBITAK
and Bogazici University on July 22, 1996 and was established in its
current location since then.
* Second paragraph of the letter:
After the ending of the said protocol, a committee formed by TUBITAK’s
Scientific Board assessed the working and the performance of the Feza
Gursey Institute and made a proposal on how the Institute could
perform exactly according to its original mission in the coming era.
After evaluating the said thoughts and the proposal, TUBITAK’s
Scientific Board decided for Feza Gursey Institute
* to be reconstituted as an Institute attached to Research Center for
Informatics and an Information Safety (BILGEM) as of July 15, 2011,
* hence, to revoke the bylaws defining the establishment and the
workings of the Feza Gursey Institute
with a solid vote at the meetings June 5, 2011 and July 9, 2011 of the
Scientific Board.
* Third paragraph of the letter:
In the future, the institute, as a part of BILGEM, will continue its
activities towards the goal of enhancing human resources in the field
of basic sciences in cooperation with the universities and educational
organisations nationwide, moreover it is expected that the institute
will define, solve or aid the solution process of fundamental and
applied research problems in the field of basic sciences in order to
pursue research and realize the mission of producing information in a
more effective way.
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I would like to refer you to
savefezagursey.wordpress.com
for some letters written about Feza Gursey Institute.
Also, the institute web site
www.gursey.gov.tr
offers a wealth of information.
Your support in the form a letter addressed to Turkish Science,
Technology, and Industry Minister, Nihat Ergun,
and TUBITAK's President Prof. Nuket Yetis to reverse the unfortunate
decision to close down (restructure in the words of TUBITAK President)
Feza Gursey Institute would be very valuable to the scientists of Turkey.
You could use the header, the email addresses and the fax numbers:
Dear Minister Nihat Ergun,
Minister of Science, Technology and Industry
Dear Dr. Hüsnü Tekin,
Deputy Undersecretary,
Ministry of Science, Technology and Industry
Dear Professor Nuket Yetis,
TUBITAK President
nihat.er...@tbmm.gov.tr,
husnu.te...@sanayi.gov.tr
nuket.ye...@tubitak.gov.tr,
Fax: +90 312 219 67 45 (Minister Nihat Ergun)
Fax: +90 312 219 68 22 (Deputy Undersecretary Dr. Husnu Tekin)
Fax: +90 312 467 95 82 (TUBITAK President Prof. Nuket Yetis)
I would kindly ask you to sign our petition at
http://savefezagursey.wordpress.com/imza-kampanyasi-petition/
Best Regards,
savefezagursey.wordpress.com
