TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center

The TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center (Turkish: TÜBİTAK Bilişim ve Bilgi Güvenliği İleri Teknolojiler Araştırma Merkezi), shortly TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, is a Turkish scientific and technological center carrying out research projects through its subordinate institutes on various fields of informatics. It was established in 2010 by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) in Gebze, Kocaeli Province as an umbrella institution of the existing Information Technologies Institute (BTE) and National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE) following their transfer from the TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center.^[1][2]

TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center
TÜBİTAK Bilişim ve Bilgi Güvenliği İleri Teknolojiler Araştırma Merkezi

Abbreviation	TÜBİTAK BİLGEM
Formation	2010
Type	GO
Purpose	Fundamental and Applied science
Location	Gebze, Kocaeli Province, Turkey
Coordinates	40°47′09″N 29°26′49″E
Parent organization	Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
Website	bilgem.tubitak.gov.tr/en

History

In 2011, the existing Research Institute of Fundamental Sciences (TBAE) was transferred to BİLGEM relocating its facilities as well to the campus in Gebze.^[1]

The center established the Research Institute of Software Development (YTE) and the Cyber Security Institute (SGE) in 2012.^[2]

Organization

BİLGEM consists of six institutes as following:^[1]

• Advanced Technologies Research Institute (İLTAREN)^[3]
• Cyber Security Institute (SGE)^[4]
• National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE)^[5]
• Artificial Intelligence Institute (YZE)^[6]
• Information Technologies Institute (BTE)^[7]
• Research Institute of Software Development (YTE)^[2]

See also

• Pardus is a Linux distribution developed by the National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE).^[8]