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Turkey has signed an

agreement with the

largest particle physics

laboratory

CERN is the abbreviation of the it was very exciting
French words ‘Conseil Européen to be at CERN
pour la Recherche Nucléaire’ with the member
meaning European Nuclear title. He stated that Turkey has signed a common membership
Research Centre. This institution cooperation would agreement with European Nuclear Research Centre.
is the largest particle physics be strengthened
laboratory of the world, located with studies that
on the border of Swithzerland would be carried
and France. Turkey has signed a out by attandence of
common membership agreement Turkish students at
with European Nuclear Research secondary and university levels in the institution and Turkish science of Turkey. A presentation on
Centre, which was founded in CERN. Yıldız said he believed that people will be able to work at CERN studies carried out in CERN was
1954 with the attendance of 12 approval process of the agreement as permanent staff. done by CERN General Director
countries. Energy and Natural would not take much. Rolf Heuer before the ceremony.
Sources Minister Taner Yıldız After the agreement is signed, it Turkey has been an observer
attended the agreement ceremony will have to be approved by TBMM member in CERN up to now.
in CERN. (Turkish Grand National Assembly) Mehmet Ferden Çarıkçı, the
too. With this agreement, Turkey Permanent Representative of
In his speech at signature could take share from institutional Turkey in United Nations Geneva
ceremony, Minister of Energy Taner tenders corresponding to its Office, signed the common
Yıldız underlined the importance of financial contribution to CERN, will membership agreement on behalf
that day for Turkey and added that employ permanent personnel in

Exportation Breakthrough of Turkish Medicine

Industry continues!

(İEİS) determined exportation
and R&D as strategical areas in
Turkish medicine 2010 and focused on increasing
R&D efficiency of industry and to
industry, exporting to produce products with added value,
160 countries including especially in biotechnology area
United States of and to become a global medicine
America and members producer and exporter.
of European Union, In this scope, Turkish Medicine
declared its 2015 year Exporters Platform was founded
with attendance of exporter
foreign trade data. institutions both members and
non-members of the Platform.
Platform, with its 31 members,
carries out studies to introduce the
With its deep rooted past, long- 9.8% and reached 939 million importation decreased in 3.5%. In industry in target markets and to
standing production culture, USA dolars. Medicine importation the same period, total exportaion of rise exportation possibilities.
structure based on high level of decreased 2.6% and realized Turkey increased 26%. Exportation İEİS General Secretary Turgut
added value and cutting edge as 4.6 billion USA dolars. Thus, of medicine industry has grown Tokgöz made a declaration in
technology and experienced human rate of exports meeting imports more than two times of total the name of Platform and stated
power, medicine industry is one reached the highest level in 2010- exportation and common effort of that medicine firms continued
of the leading industries in Turkey. 2015 period and became 20.3%. the state and industry had a role in exportation progress strongly. In
Medicine industry attracted Medicine industry made a positive this important performance. Foreign his explanation Tokgöz told “With
attentions with its exportation contribution to decrease the current trade deficit in medicine decreased continuation of the strategical
acceleration in the last years. deficit. 11.8%. Contribution of medicine support to medicine industry,
Total exportation of Turkey Turkish medicine industry industry to Turkish exportation the industry will become a global
decreased 8.5% in 2015, but increased its exportation in 53.4% increased from 0.54% to 0,65%. power and increase contribution to
medicine exportation increased in the last 5 years and medicine Medicine Industry Employers Union our country’s exportation.”