Population and Development Indicators National and International Practices — Ünalan Turgay

The Turkish Academy of Sciences is an autonomous merit based organisation with the mission to promote and support science and scholary pursuits and increase the influence of science on social life The members of the Academy are elected from among scientists of international eminence The Academy serves as a platform of debate and a forum to promote propagation of scientific values It strives for the adoptıon of scientific solutions in societal issues and implemention of the principles of scentific ethics among its members and the scientific community The Academy maintains its activities with the voluntary contributions first and foremost of its members and of the scientific community