Current State of Biotechnology in Turkey

Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary branch of science that encompasses a wide range of subjects like genetics, virology, microbiology, immunology, engineering to develop vaccines, and so on and plays a vital role in health systems, crop and seed management, yield improvement, agriculture, soil management, ecology, animal farming, cellular process, bio statistics, and so on. This article is about activities in medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, agricultural biotechnology and nanobiotechnology carried out in Turkey. Turkey has made some progress in biotechnology projects for research and development.

► Turkey made progress in biotechnology projects for research and development. ► Turkey participates in various EU Framework Programmes. ► TUBITAK coordinates funding of projects through EU Framework Programmes. ► Turkey has a big potential in biotechnology if supported by long term state policy.