Biology as A Basic Science in Turkiye

We all are familiar with the problems of our century, such as; insufficient energy sources, inadequate supply of food, lack of industrial raw materials, the loss of natural balance in ecology due to pollution, increase in world population and health-related problems, decrease in fertile land and soil erosion, the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. All these and many more complex and vital problems with social, economic, technical and communal impact desperately need the application of fundamental biology. The value added by putting biological principles into effect is actually apparent. It all points out towards the effectiveness and importance of biology in world economies.
On the other hand biotechnology, which utilizes biological systems as technological tools in engineering processes, has emphasized the role of basic biology even more so as a recent development.