As part of the Başt’Ankara Training Program organized by the Technology Transfer Office and the In-Service Training Coordination Unit for our new academic staff who have recently joined the Ankara University family, we addressed key topics relating to research, project development and our university’s academic support mechanisms. Our program began with an opening address by our Rector, Prof. Dr Necdet Ünüvar. In his opening remarks, he shared his views on our university’s vision for scientific output, research culture and academic development, whilst emphasising the important role our new academics will play in this process. Throughout the event, representatives from the Technology [...]

The 5th Article Writing Camp, organised by the Ankara University Office of the Dean of Research, was held at ANKARAİM from 11 to 13 May 2026 and attracted considerable interest. This intensive programme, organised with the aim of enhancing our research capacity and supporting the production of high-quality scientific publications, was attended by 43 academics and postgraduate students from our university. Over the three-day camp, alongside training sessions, paper presentations and individual work under the guidance of supervisors were carried out. We would like to thank our lecturers for sharing their valuable knowledge and experience with our researchers during the programme: [...]

We are in İzmir for the "4th Workshop on Priority and Innovative Research” hosted by Dokuz Eylül University At the workshop, which covered a wide range of priority research areas from energy systems to nanotechnology, sustainable agriculture to biotechnology, and molecular biology of cancer to social psychology, young researchers had the opportunity to meet with award-winning scientists in their fields. Our Dean of Research, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Lütfi Yola, also shared our university’s R&D vision, interdisciplinary research approach and journey in scientific output with participants during his address at the workshop. We are delighted to have taken part in this valuable [...]

Scopus AI is a generative AI-powered research tool developed by Elsevier for the Scopus database. The tool has been made available to our researchers at Ankara University to accelerate literature search and discovery processes. Key Features: • AI-Powered Abstracts: Provides annotated abstracts by analysing the abstracts of peer-reviewed articles in response to questions asked in natural language. • Concept Maps: Displays the key concepts related to a research query and the relationships between these concepts via a visual mind map. • Key Articles: Lists pioneering articles that have received the most citations in the field of research and have played a [...]

The “Action Preparation Meeting”, organised under the auspices of our the Office of the Dean of Research, was held with the participation of Prof. Dr Alper ÖZER, Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences, and Dr Emrah ERTUGAY, Assistant Dean. The meeting, which benefited from presentations by the Office of the Dean of Research, the Research Projects Support Office Coordination Unit and the Technology Transfer Office, saw detailed discussions on potential initiatives specific to the Faculty of Political Sciences. Within this framework, specific roadmaps were established to further enhance the faculty’s research capacity, quality and engagement in the coming period. We [...]

Prof. Dr. Özlem Atay, a faculty member at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Women’s Platform Coordination Unit, paid a visit to our Office of the Dean of Research (ARDEK). During this courtesy visit, there was a mutual exchange of views regarding research and project processes in the field of social sciences. As the Research Dean’s Office, we would like to thank Prof. Dr. Özlem Atay for her kind visit.

Developed at the Radiopharmaceutical Application and Research Centre (RÜAG) within our university, ANKÜKOLİN represents our country’s scientific and technological production capacity in the field of nuclear medicine. As one of the most concrete and successful examples of the Public-University-Industry Collaboration (KÜSİ) model, our product has been included in the Social Security Institution’s (SGK) SUT reimbursement list as the first domestically produced radiopharmaceutical to be licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Health. From Scientific Production to Social Benefit This development ensures that academic research does not remain merely theoretical but, through public-private partnership, is transformed into a registered product that directly serves [...]

Prof. Dr Faruk GÖKMEŞE, Head of the Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Hitit University, and Prof. Dr Ebru GÖKMEŞE, a member of the Department of Chemistry, paid a courtesy and cooperation visit to our Office of the Dean of Research. During the visit, a productive discussion took place regarding potential joint projects and academic collaborations between the two universities. The meeting addressed strategic steps to strengthen the research ecosystem, with a particular focus on interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities, especially within the field of Chemistry. We would like to thank our esteemed academics for their kind visit [...]

We carried out a strategic study with Elsevier experts to analyse our university’s research capacity and academic impact metrics. These analyses, in which we evaluate our research performance monitoring processes and future projections based on current metrics, provide a sound data foundation for our global visibility objectives. We would like to thank all our academics who contributed to the process, and the Elsevier team for their valuable collaboration.

As the Office of the Dean of Research at Ankara University, we continue to support academic activities and the sharing of scientific knowledge that strengthen the culture of inter-institutional collaboration. Dean of Research Prof. Dr. Mehmet Lütfi Yola who participated as a guest speaker at the event hosted by Kars Kafkas University as part of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) University Conferences, delivered a lecture titled “Biosensor Technologies for the Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases”, sharing the latest scientific developments with the participants. As part of the programme, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Lütfi Yola met with Prof. Dr. Hüsnü Kapu, Rector [...]