A decree by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has established a national space agency, but many details are still to come
- By Çağrı Mert Bakırcı-Taylor, Nature magazine on February 5, 2019
Turkey has set its eyes on the stars. Its President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed an executive order to form the country’s first official space agency. Scientists have welcomed the move and hope it will provide jobs and reduce brain drain even as they wonder about the feasibility of its ambitious goals.
The agency is expected to develop technologies for rocket launches and space exploration, as well as to coordinate the space-related activities of the country’s other space-research centres, according to the order, signed on 13 December.
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