The Superiority
of the Science Citation Index over the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
in Turkey
A tragi-comedy which has been performing for more than 10 years
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It is not a legal attitude to interfere or to restrict assessors' free conscious in evaluating the scientific publications |
Sensitivity in being respectful to the fundamental rights and freedom may be expected from a Constitutional State only |
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The description and the means of the Entomology according to ISI |
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"Being ignorant is not so much of a shame, as being unwilling to learn" |
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...In addition to these pressures all the articles in all scientific fields have been forced to be scanned in reference publication named "Scientific Citation Index". However, this index scans the publications of applied science fields such as veterinary, pharmacy, agriculture, and particularly medicine, and ignores the publications of science fields, such as taxonomy, faunistics, floristics, biogeography. Moreover, in the earliest years none of the formal university journals published in Turkey have been scanned by this Index. |
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"Science has no enemy but ignorance" |
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...These authorities in Turkey considered all the scientific studies as worthless ones directly even without evaluating their scientific importance, and they closed all staffs of Turkish Universities to the experienced scientists as well as other young candidates. As a response Turkish Government never sustained its own scientists' researches in international area, and refused their assistance applications. But on the other hand, university authorities have always tried to benefit from studies of Prof. Dr. Koçak who has never been assisted by these authorities. |
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"A man's cruelty is God's enemy" |
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...Language is a proxy of communication. The scientists always presented the results of their studies to the scientific literature by using their vernaculars. In this line the essential and rightful purpose is to send the message firstly to the scientists of his own country. In this context using vernaculars has a very important role. Prof. Koçak announced that he chose Turkish as a publication language and he would use this language with a great priority. None of foreign scientists treated Prof. Koçak negatively at this point. This is the natural result of the science and the logic. Furthermore, the preference of using Turkish language is a right protected and recognized to the researches by the Rules of the International Zoological Nomenclature. However, Turkish scientific publications have always been considered as worthless ones by the authorities of Turkish Republic. In the universities which are scientific environments in the country only, the young researchers aren't therefore given official positions. Also the academical authorities of the Turkish Republic still ignore the Rules of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and don't appreciate them. Actually, nature studies have never been appreciated and given importance in Turkey. This is the formal evidence that the country hasn't got a Natural History Museum yet. |
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If a country doesn't respect to its own vernacular, other neighbours are never obligated to give some regards to it |
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...All the wrong policies and ways followed were extremely harmful to the evolution of Turkish scientific thought. These miserable circumstances have been issued in written statements to the all appex authorities of the country, "xxx", and to the university authorities at first. Prof. Dr. Koçak wanted them to settle the existing problems, but unfortunately none of the authorities made even a kind response. This obvious situation shows that there is no chance for the scientists to survive and to continue their studies in Turkey in the fields of taxonomy, fauna, ecology, biogeography, etc., without being restricted the fredom of taxonomic thought or action. [from the Preamble of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,1985]. |
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"Fear not the lion but an ignorant man" |
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In conclusion, the scientists and their studies as well as publications are currently misinterpreted by the authorities in Turkey. The vernacular of Turkish People used in the scientific publications are continuously considered as worthless. All such attitudes restrict the fundamental rights and freedoms of the scientists extremely. |
"Law-makers should not be the law-breakers" |
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The following Biological journals, with their contents, and the cited references each of scientific articles are currently and openly treated by Turkish academicians in the universities as "worthless", as these journals are simply not listed in the journal list of the "Scientific Citation Index" |
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Operation Spartacus |
I am, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ömer Koçak, the sole scientist in Turkey, who defence ambitiously the value, importance and universality of the knowledge against the ignorance performed in Turkey. Therefore, my fundamental rights and freedom have also been clandestine restricted. |
All kind of moral supports in favour of the freedom of taxonomic thought or action, which all the Turkish taxonomists need extremely, are greatly appreciated. |
"The sun can be seen by nothing but its own light" |
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