Turkish decree

摘要

The Turkish government unexpectedly shook up national research politics on 27 August with a decree that gives it the power to nominate the president and vice-presidents of the previously autonomous Turkish Academy of Sciences. The government will also appoint four members of the academy's 14-strong, decision-making council. The decree requires the academy to establish and finance a series of new basic-research institutes, and enables the government to nominate top personnel in TUBITAK, the Turkish research-funding agency.