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Egitim, ogrenim ve Ar-Ge yetersizligi icin cozum onerisi (in Turkish)

Vision of our foundation EGETEK 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.

Last updated October 8, 2003
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