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...@tbmm.gov.tr,
husnu...@sanayi.gov.tr
nuket...@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!