The Turkish Space Agency (Turkish: Türkiye Uzay Ajansı, TUA) is a government agency for national aerospace research as a part of the space program of Turkey. It was formally established by a presidential decree on 13 December 2018.[3][4]
| Türkiye Uzay Ajansı | |
 | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | TUA |
| Formed | 13 December 2018 |
| Type | Space agency |
| Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
| Administrator | Yusuf Kıraç[1] |
| Owner | Ministry of Industry and Technology |
| Annual budget | ₺1.702 billion (2024)[2] |
| Website | tua |
Headquartered in Ankara,[5] the agency is subordinated to the Ministry of Industry and Technology. With the establishment of TUA, the Department for Aviation and Space Technologies at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure was abolished. TUA prepares strategic plans that include medium and long-term goals, basic principles and approaches, objectives and priorities, performance measures, methods to be followed and resource allocation for aerospace science and technologies.[6]
TUA works in close collaboration with the TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY). It is administrated by an executive board of seven members. The tenure of board members, the chairperson excluded, is three years.[7][6]
Internationally, TUA currently has agreements with Ukraine, Hungary and Kazakhstan's space programs, and claims to conduct extensive nation-wide assessments regarding membership to ESA since 2020 as part of Turkey's cooperation agreement with the agency in 2004.[8][9]
Administrators
edit| No. | Head | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım[10] | 6 August 2019 | 7 October 2023 |
| 2 | Yusuf Kıraç[11] | 7 October 2023 | Incumbent |
List of TSA astronauts
edit| Name |
Selection |
Time in space |
Missions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alper Gezeravcı | 2023 | 21 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes | Axiom Mission 3 |
| Tuva Cihangir Atasever | 2023 | 3 Minutes | Galactic 07 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: Atama kararları Resmi Gazete'de" (in Turkish). ntv.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Presidency of the Republic of Turkey (31 December 2023). "2024 Yılı Merkezi Yönetim Bütçe Kanunu" (PDF). T.C. Resmî Gazete. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Turkey launches national space program". Hürriyet Daily News. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Turkey formally establishes its national Space Agency". Daily Sabah. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı'nın merkezi Ankara'da olacak". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı resmen kuruldu! Peki Türkiye Uzay Ajansı nedir, nasıl çalışacak?". Habertürk (in Turkish). 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı Hakkında Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kararnamesi" (PDF). T.C. Resmi Gazete (in Turkish). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "International Cooperations - Turkish Space Agency". tua.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "ESA signs Cooperation Agreement with Turkey". www.esa.int. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Uzay Ajansı'nın İlk Başkanı Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Haberturk.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: Atama kararları Resmi Gazete'de" (in Turkish). ntv.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.