📩 16/07/2023 12:04
Explaining that Turkish students won 1 Gold and 5 Silver medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad and 3 Silver and 1 bronze medals in the International Biology Olympiad, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır said, “Our students achieved a historic success in the International Mathematical Olympiad and made our country 112th among 8 countries. moved to the queue. Thus, we earned our second best achievement in our Olympic history in mathematics. Our students, who won 34 silver and 3 bronze medals in the 1th International Biology Olympiad, made us proud.”
Mehmet Can Baştemir, who represented our country in the 112th International Mathematics Olympiad held in Chiba, Japan and where 623 students from 64 countries competed, won the Silver medal as well as Barış Koyuncu, Şevket Onur Yılmaz, Melek Güngör, Serdar Bozdağ and Hakan Gündoğan.
Among the students representing Turkey in the 80th International Biology Olympiad held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, where 320 students from 34 countries participated; Halil Eren Uyar, Erdem Yamalıoğlu, Tolga Tabanlı Silver and Kerem Aydın also won Bronze Medals.
Commenting on the achievements in two separate Olympics, Minister Kacır said, “Our young scientists, who were trained within the body of TÜBİTAK BİDEB to represent our country in the international arena, carried our country's name to the top by proudly waving our flag in the Olympics they participated in. Our students achieved a historic success in Mathematics, raising our country to 112th place among 8 countries. With these results, we achieved our second best success in our Olympic history. Our young people also competed very well in the Biology Olympiad. In the Century of Turkey, our young people, whom we see as the scientists of the future, do not waste our efforts. This success graph, which has increased recently in the international arena, is a sign of the efforts of our young people who are kneaded with science. Thanks to our young people who produce and develop science and technology, we look forward to our future as a Turkey that has a voice in the international arena. We will continue to support our youth in every field, based on our vision of the National Technology Move. I sincerely congratulate all of our students, their families, teachers and everyone who made our country proud by participating in the Olympics, and wish them continued success.”
TUBITAK President Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal said, “We congratulate our future scientist candidate students who represent our country in both Olympics. We would like to thank all of our students who participated in the Olympics, their teachers, especially our Committee Chairs, and all academics who took part in the trainings.” used his statements.