Welcome to Turkey: an astronomer's paradise! This page contains almost all the best websites related to astronomy in Turkey. We have classified them in several categories to facilitate your search. Please keep in mind that new sites might be added at any time while some existing ones might have broken links (it's a dynamic universe!). Please refer to the map below for the geographical location of these institutions and individuals.
AMATEUR GROUPS, CLUBS & SOCIETIES
Amateur Astronomers
Association, based in ANKARA; unfortunately it has been down for more than five
years due to construction and renovation!
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ASART, ANKARA
University (AU) Astronomy Society.
Bilkent
University Astronomy Group, in ANKARA.
Ege University
Astronomy Group, in IZMIR.
Eyuboglu High
School Astronomy Club, in ISTANBUL.
ISTANBUL Ali Kuscu
Amateur Astronomy Group
ISTANBUL Technical
University Astronomy Club
ISTANBUL
University Amateur Astronomy Club, within the Astronomy Department.
Middle
East Technical University (METU) Amateur Astronomy Group (AAT), in ANKARA
(also, this link).
Akdeniz
(Mediterranean) University Amateur Astronomy Group, in
ANTALYA.
ASTER, Erciyes University Amateur Astronomy Club,
in
KAYSERI.
BURSA Cilimboz Astronomy and Art Society
- Capella Astronomy Group, the only folks active in amateur telescope mirror
making in Turkey.
ASTOM, SAMSUN May 19th University Amateur
Astronomy Club 
(August 8, 06)
Eyuboglu High School Observatory
UNIVERSITIES' ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENTS
ANKARA
University Astronomy Department
Bosphorus
University (BU) Physics Department in ISTANBUL.
Ege
University Astronomy Department, in IZMIR.
Erciyes
University Astronomy Department, the most recently established astronomy
department, in KAYSERI.
ISTANBUL Technical
University (ITU) Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering
Department
ISTANBUL
University (IU) Astronomy Department
METU Astrophysics
Department, in ANKARA.
This map of Turkey might help you to locate the institutions
and individuals mentioned on this page.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES
ANKARA
University Ahlatlibel Observatory
BU
Kandilli Observatory, in ISTANBUL.
CANAKKALE March 18th University,
Astrophysics Observatory
Ege University
Observatory, in IZMIR.
Eyuboglu High
School Observatories, the first of its kind in Turkey, in ISTANBUL.
ISTANBUL
University Observatory
Turkish National Astronomical
Observatory (TUG), in ANTALYA (click
here for English
version).
Turkish National Astronomical Observatory
PERSONAL HOMEPAGES, grouped by largest cities
and/or regions
ANKARA:
Birol
Gurol / AU
Sitki Cagdas
Inam / METU
Zekeriya
Muyesseroglu / AU (passed away unexpectedly on September 3, 2006)
Emre Ozden / AU
Erhan Saydam's Leonid
2002 Page.
Erhan Saydam's Total
Lunar Eclipse May 2004 Pictures.
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Selim
Selam / AU
Sinan Kaan Yerli / METU
Kutluay Yuce / AU
ISTANBUL:
Sinan Alis / IU
Hulya
Caliskan / IU
M.
Alp Batman / ITU
Erhan
Eker, a variable star observer whose observations have been
published by AFOEV, VSNET and AAVSO.
Dr. Hasan Gez or click here
Amateur Telescope Making Pages of
Basar Titiz
IZMIR:
Turgut Kalfaoglu
(September 18, 06)
OTHER/UNSPECIFIED:
Murat
Gezer
Ferhat Fikri Ozeren / Erciyes Unv
Ugur Ikizler, an astrophotographer from BURSA
Telescope
Making Pages of Omer Gurdogan from Germany, a Turkish translation of
Stellafane's ATM Pages
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Green Island Observatory, Yenal
Ogmen, Gecitkale, CYPRUS
(August 8, 06)
Ankara University Ahlatlibel Observatory
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 1999 FROM TURKEY
AU
Solar Eclipse 1999 Site
BU Kandilli
Observatory Solar Eclipse 1999 Site
IU
Solar Eclipse 1999 Site ***
METU
AAT Solar Eclipse 1999 Page *** (new page is under construction)
Now
I Know, by Tunc Tezel from
METU-AAT
Sayisal
Grafik Ltd. Eclipse 1999 Site, interactive maps of the
eclipse path in Turkey.
Total Eclipse '99 in Turkey, by Murat Aytun.
Total
Solar Eclipse '99, by Gulhan Yasar from Bilkent. ***
Total Solar
Eclipse '99, by the
ISTANBUL Technical
University Astronomy Club
Pictures of the
Turkish National Optical
Observatory (TUG) during our April 1997 visit. Clockwise from top left:
Gamze at the front gate, the 400mm telescope, with the astronomers in front of
the 400mm scope,
the buildings of the 400mm and the 1.5-meter telescopes (to the right). At that time the observatory
was
still under construction. To see more pictures, please go to our "People
and Places in Astronomy - Previous Years " page.
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2006 FROM TURKEY
Total Solar Eclipse
2006, by
BU
Kandilli Observatory, in ISTANBUL.
Total
Solar Eclipse 2006, by Tunc Tezel from
METU-AAT.
Total Solar Eclipse
2006, by the Turkish National
Astronomical Observatory.
Total Eclipse '06 in Turkey, by Murat Aytun.
(August 8, 06)
Sayisal Grafik Ltd.
Eclipse 2006 Site
(September 18, 06)
ASTRONOMICAL VENDOR SITES
Optronic, Meade Dealer, in ANKARA and
ISTANBUL.
EXT Shop / ARK, Orion Dealer
(September 18, 06)
Atilim Bilgisayar, Meade / Orion / Konus
Dealer
(September 18, 06)
Uzay Gozlem, Turgut Kalfaoglu (IZMIR),
manufactures permanent telescope piers
(September 18, 06)
OTHER INTERESTING SITES FOR ASTRONOMY
Asteroid 43667
DUMLUPINAR, named after the Turkish submarine sank in Dardanelles in 1953.
Turkish Astronomy Society
(TAD), in ANKARA, the official body of professional astronomers in Turkey.
Amateur Astronomy Symposium,
Istanbul Kultur University, June 25-26, 2005
Astronomy
Resource Center, at Ege Unv. ***
TAD Discussion
Group Archives, "ILETI". now requires
password
"Gokyuzu"
(The Sky) Magazine Discussion Group Archives, monthly periodical of METU AAT
and TAD. now requires password
Astro
News in English
Astronomical
News, from AU (in Turkish).
Astronomy
Catalogs, from AU (in Turkish).
GCVS Catalog,
from AU
High-Energy
Astrophysics Dictionary, from AU.
"The
Sky This Month" and Other Current Astronomy News,
Istanbul University Astronomy Department.
KilimNet Solar System Site, by
Berktan Bestel / Tayfun Oner / KilimNet.
Nineplanets
Mirror Site at METU.
On-line
Astronomy Courses, from AU (in Turkish).
Space
Physics Book Mirror Site, at METU. ***
Amateur
Astronomy in Turkish, (TTG - Turkiye'de Turkce Gokbilim) by
Sinan Kaan Yerli.
TTG
FAQ
Bilkent
University Astronomy Directory
Gokbilimci Online (Astronomer Online)
Uzay Bilim, (Space Sciences) by Halit Mirahmetoglu.
Gokyuzum, (My Sky) by Aykut
Tankuter.
Space Turk, by Aziz Koru.
Tutulum, Ecliptic Young Astronomers
Discussion List (in Turkish).
Astrophotography in Turkey
Site Testing for an Optical Observatory in Turkey, by my professional
colleagues and friends, contains very useful meteorological data for the
upcoming Venus
transit in 2004 and
Total Solar Eclipse in 2006.
Astronomy (Gokbilim in
Turkish)
Bilim Forumu, discussion group on science
(in Turkish)
Turk Astro, Turkish
Astrophotography Web Site, by Tugrul Ussakli
OTHER SCIENCE RELATED LINKS IN TURKEY
TUBITAK, The Scientific
and Technical Research Council of Turkey
TUBITAK MAM, Marmara
Research Center facility of TUBITAK
Bilim ve Teknik,
the popular science magazine published by TUBITAK
TUBA, Turkish Academy of
Sciences
Bilim Merkezi Vakfi,
Istanbul Science Center Foundation
METU Physics
Society
Feza
Gursey Science Center, in the capital city, Ankara.
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