WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR YEAR 2023
OUR VISION AND MISSION
Our Vision Could be Summarized under 3 headings.
1. LONGEVITY ( long life span) will have much more effect upon societies
than many people believe. Distance and continuous education
will crumble the archaic social systems of today. The wealth
of knowledge will open new frontiers in the areas of self
diagnostic medicine and improvement in health systems,
communications and in the increased use of home
as office and in the election systems and politic arena.
The inevitability of "Life Long Education" will create
revolutionary ideas by rendering the school
entrance systems redundant.
Distance Learning By its nature
certificates in courses leading to diplomas
is inevitable. "6 YEARS OLD TO 100 YEARS YOUNG"
will resound as the new life-style. Experience
in life as well as academic competence
will be taken into consideration for the
Doctorate studies. The use of the best teachers in distance learning
and modern interactive videoconferencing systems leading to Doctorate
studies at home may spread sooner than one can imagine
to be part of the new life-style.
2. More and more people will prefer to live in an innovative and
creative environment. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION LIFE-STYLE
means in some cases like "producing 63 dollar millionaires a day in Silicon Valley"
Business Week August 18, 1997 or it means a better zone planning like in
"Sophie Antipolis in Cote d'Azur" they help all to achieve
a certain life style. Scientific research will continue
at its utmost speed. To make use of the research results in the
service to mankind is another issue - it is the responsibility of the public.
Therefore living together with scientist and researcher in the
technology zones with non technical people is a must. Not only does it
create color in the life-style but also auto control for the
RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENTISTS with the CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PUBLIC.
Scientists are often like naughty children, you cannot leave them alone
nor can you survive without them. Therefore the quicker societies
adapt to the innovative life-style the quicker we shall achieve long seeked
balance in life.
Alacati- Technology Corridor Concept - under progress
Only then we shall achieve the dream of our great leader
Ataturk when he said "peace at home, peace in the world".
3. We strive to maximize the use of the RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Quality of life depends very much living in a clean environment.
Theoretical Wind Energy Potential of Turkey
We work and lobby for the increased use of Wind, Solar,
Geothermal and last but not least Hydrogen Energy.
Hydrogen energy is the ultimate source of clean energy.
Producing hydrogen for energy purposes from the non-fossil and
non-nuclear sources will lead us towards a better life.
We are aware of the fact that "one thing certain about the future is that
it is uncertain". However, we still would like to think and create scenarios for the future. Among
the several; we could select one built on the recent developments
taking place in every branch of scientific and social research, the
speed of the knowledge-increase which will ultimately lead people to an option
to live much longer,
140 years or more, that they ever imagened.
Of course different people with diverse cultures could speculate
a variety of scenarios for their future. However - generally speaking-
environmentally clean, quiet and unstressed life styles lead to longevity.
Assuming that the purchasing power(PPP) of Turkish people today is
around $7,317 (GDP $3,615)(TUSIAD-Publication No-T/99-10/268)
and that it will steadily increase to about 5 fold, to $38,862 (GDP $17,457), in the next 25 years; creating a majority of
elderly people living in financial comfort. They will be seeking humanitarian purposes in life.
"To be needed or in a way to do something useful". This NEED will have to be designed
into the social systems of today for the next generations. The results
of the enormous research will have to find its routes for the benefit
of people, if not, then the progress is meaningless. To nourish a positive
attitude in people, a profit on learning and re-learning is essential.
"800,000-volt / 5,600MW Power line(equivalent power output of 4 nuclear power stations) joining Europe to Asia across The Bosphorus in Istanbul.
With 12 huge 800,000-volt conductors arranged on three levels, overhead power transmission line will be one of the largest in the world,
both in terms of power and voltage, once it has been completed."
This news is from The Siemens Magazine March 2000 No:1