Turkey

Number of CERN users

77 (January 2012)

CERN contact

E. Tsesmelis

Participation in CERN Experiments

ATLAS, CMS, CAST, ISOLDE, NA63, OPERA

Participation in CERN Accelerator Projects

CLIC/CTF3

WLCG Participation

Tier-2 centre

Collaborating Institutes

° Cukurova University, Adana
° Ankara University
° Middle East Technical University, Ankara
° Bogazici University, Istanbul
° Dogus University, Istanbul

Turkish physicists have participated in a number of CERN experiments, notably CHORUS where they made several important contributions to data analysis. Turkey became an Observer State in 1961, a status formalized in 1986.

Turkish physicists are active in CMS, ATLAS and CAST, and also present in OPERA and ISOLDE.

In CMS, Turkey contributed to data acquisition, trigger and mechanics for the forward HCAL, and the contribution to ATLAS includes mainly software and testing the TRT detector. A substantial team of Turkish physicists is engaged in simulations and theoretical work connected with CLIC, and Turkey is also providing highly-appreciated operators for CTF3.