Turkish Space Agency
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The Turkish Space Agency (Turkish: Türkiye Uzay Ajansı, TUA) is a government agency for national aerospace research as a part of the space program of Turkey. It was formally established by a presidential decree on 13 December 2018.[3][4]
Türkiye Uzay Ajansı | |
Agency overview | |
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Abbreviation | TUA |
Formed | 13 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-13) |
Type | Space agency |
Headquarters | Ankara, Turkey |
Administrator | Yusuf Kıraç[1] |
Owner | Ministry of Industry and Technology |
Annual budget | ₺1.702 billion (2024)[2] |
Website | tua |
Headquartered in Ankara,[5] the agency is subordinated to the Ministry of Industry and Technology. With the establishment of TUA, the Department for Aviation and Space Technologies at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure was abolished. TUA prepares strategic plans that include medium and long-term goals, basic principles and approaches, objectives and priorities, performance measures, methods to be followed and resource allocation for aerospace science and technologies.[6]
TUA works in close collaboration with the TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY). It is administrated by an executive board of seven members. The tenure of board members, the chairperson excluded, is three years.[7][6]