Documentaries

Focal Point: Frozen Frontier - Expedition to Antarctica, 2018
The Black Box of the Planet: Antarctica, 2020
Antarctica Diaries: A Trip to the End of the World, 2020
Journey to the Mysterious World of Antarctica Part 1
15 Days in the North, 2019
Message from the Poles, 2021
High School Students in Antarctica! (Part 3 - Journey to the Mysterious World of Antarctica)
High School Student on National Arctic Science Expedition with his Project!
High School Youth at the Poles in the 100th Anniversary of the Republic (TUBITAK 2204-C and 2204-D)

Scientific Publications

Polar Festival

Polar Festivities

In 2019, with the establishment of the Polar Research Institute (TÜBİTAK MAM KARE) within the Marmara Research Center of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, an institutional structure in the field of polar sciences was established in our country. TÜBİTAK MAM KARE, which undertakes many important tasks from the realization of National Polar Science Expeditions to the conduct of various researches, also plays a leading role in awareness and education activities. In this context, the "Polar Festival" is regularly organized, which includes various educational awareness activities related to polar sciences and is visited by a large public - student - teacher audience exceeding thousands.

Time Index:

  1. Polar Festival (October 23, 2020) TUBITAK Online platform,
  2. Polar Festival (December 1, 2021) at Gebze TÜBİTAK Campus,
  3. Polar Festival (December 5, 2023) at Yıldız Technical University Davutpaşa Campus,
  4. The Polar Festival was held on the TÜBİTAK Online platform on December 19, 2024.
  5. Polar Festival will be held on November 5-6, 2025 at Ege University. For details click here

Legislation

Principles and Procedures for National Polar Science Expeditions and Activities

On September 15, 2020, "Procedures and Principles Regarding National Polar Science Expeditions and Activities" was published within the scope of TÜBİTAK legislation and entered into force.

The purpose of these Procedures and Principles is to determine the procedures and principles regarding the conduct of the National Polar Science Expeditions in the Antarctic Treaty Area and the Arctic, carried out by the Republic of Türkiye under the leadership of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye Marmara Research Center Polar Research Institute in the field and all kinds of activities, studies, processes and operations. Its scope includes the powers, duties and responsibilities of the persons who will take part in the operation of the Expedition in order to be carried out safely and securely in line with the planned objectives within the framework of these procedures and principles.

Connection: Principles and Procedures for National Polar Science Expeditions and Activities

Guest Researcher Articles

Stratigraphic Analysis of Firn Cores from an Antarctic Ice Shelf Firn Aquifer

2021 MacDonell, S., Fernandoy, F., Villar, P., & Hammann, A. (2021). Stratigraphic Analysis of Firn Cores from an Antarctic Ice Shelf Firn Aquifer. Water, 13, 731. 

Connection: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050731

Stable Isotopes in the Snow of the Coastal Areas of Antarctica. Doklady of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

2021 Kakareka, S.V., Kukharchyk, T.I., Ekaykin, A.A., & Giginyak, Y.G. (2021). Stable Isotopes in the Snow of the Coastal Areas of Antarctica. Doklady of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2021, vol. 65, no. 4, рр. 495-502.

Connection: https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-8323-2021-65-4-495-502

Diversity and species composition of diatom communities of Ardley Island, South Shetland Islands

2021 Cahová, T. & Chattová, B. (2021). Diversity and species composition of diatom communities of Ardley Island, South Shetland Islands. Czech Polar Reports 11 (1): 25-40, 2021.

Connection: https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2021-1-4

Trace and major elements in surface snow and fresh water bodies of the Marguerite Bay Islands, Antarctic Peninsula

2022 Kakareka, S., Kukharchyk, T., & Kurman, P. (2022). Trace and major elements in surface snow and fresh water bodies of the Marguerite Bay Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Science, 100792.

Moss inhabiting diatoms of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands (the maritime Antarctica) exhibit low diversity and pronounced differentiation

2022 Chattová, B., Zotov, A., & Parnikoza, I. (2022). Moss inhabiting diatoms of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands (the maritime Antarctica) exhibit low diversity and pronounced differentiation. Czech Polar Reports, 12(1), 60-77.

Early Jurassic and Late Cretaceous magmatism on Horseshoe Island, Antarctic Peninsula: New U-Pb and microstructural data

2023 Velev, S., Lazarova, A., Karaoglan, F., Vassilev, O., & Selbesoglu, M. O. (2023). Early Jurassic and Late Cretaceous magmatism on Horseshoe Island, Antarctic Peninsula: New U-Pb and microstructural data. Geologica Balcanica, 52 (3), 29-32.

Freshwater invertebrates from Livingston and Horseshoe Islands, Maritime Antarctica

2024 Evtimova, V., Pandourski, I., & Kenderov, L. (2024, February). Freshwater invertebrates from Livingston and Horseshoe Islands, Maritime Antarctica. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1305, No. 1, p. 012004). IOP Publishing.

Thesis Information

National Polar Science Programs

National Polar Science Program 2018-2022
National Polar Science Program 1st Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 2nd Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 3rd Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 4th Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 5th Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 6th Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 7th Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 8th Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 9th Monitoring and Evaluation Report
National Polar Science Program 10th Monitoring and Evaluation Report

National Polar Science Strategy

National Polar Science Strategy 2023-2025

National Polar Science Workshop

National Polar Science Workshops

In 2019, with the establishment of the Polar Research Institute (TÜBİTAK MAM KARE) within the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Marmara Research Center, an institutional structure in the field of polar sciences was established in our country. Every year, the "National Polar Sciences Symposium" is organized where the results of projects, scientific studies and expeditions carried out by Turkish scientists in the field of polar sciences are evaluated and developments are discussed.

  1. National Polar Sciences Workshop (April 12-13, 2017) - hosted by Istanbul Technical University,
  2. National Polar Sciences Workshop (September 12-13, 2018) - hosted by Istanbul Technical University,
  3. National Polar Sciences Workshop (September 5-6, 2019) - hosted by Middle East Technical University,
  4. National Polar Sciences Workshop (October 22-23, 2020) - TÜBİTAK MAM was held on the online platform under the coordination of KARE.
  5. National Polar Sciences Workshop (November 30, 2021) - hosted by Gebze Technical University,
  6. National Polar Sciences Workshop (November 30, 2022) - hosted by Karadeniz Technical University,
  7. National Polar Sciences Symposium (December 4-5, 2023) - Hosted by Yıldız Technical University
  8. National Polar Sciences Symposium (November 8, 2024) - was held at TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus (UME Conference Hall) and online (HYBRID).
  9. National Polar Sciences Symposium will be held on November 5-6, 2025 at Ege University. For detailed information click here.

Polar Age with a Global Perspective; Different Disciplines Versatile Perspectives, Harun Gümrükçü, Aybüke İnan Şimşek, Güneş Ersoy (Ed.), Global Polar Age, Perspektif

Polar Age with a Global Perspective 3", Harun Gümrükçü, Güneş Ersoy, Aybüke İnan Şimşek, Fatma Cande Yaşar Dinçer

Türkiye's Meteorology Policies and Strategies from Past to Present, Akçağ Publishing House, 2020.