BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY

Turkey is a country not usually associated with industrial biotechnolo gy. However, when current research potential in universities and other R & D centers and particularly contributions made to the internationa l literature since the mid-1980s are taken into account, high-quality international-level work is now commonplace, especially in areas such as industrial microbiology, enzyme technology, biomaterials and biolog ical wastewater treatment. Work in plant biotechnology is at a relativ ely early stage, but is expected to become a rapidly developing force in the near future. The present article documents current potential in Turkey, based on significant publications produced during the last 8 years.