Turkey is involved in a great many UNESCO earth science projects, and holds several science-related UNESCO Chairs, as seen below.
Freshwater
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) case study for the 3rd World Water Development Report (2009) More
- Alpine and Mediterranean Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (AMHY FRIEND)
Earth Sciences
- Triassic Time and Trans-Panthalassan Correlations (IGCP, Project 467)
- GIS metallogeny of Central Asia (IGCP, Project 473)
- Sustainable Use of Platinum Group Elements (IGCP, Project 479)
- Structural and Tectonic Correlation across the Central Asia Orogenic Collage: Implications for Continental Growth and Intracontinental Deformation (IGCP, Project 480)
- Dating Caspian Sea Level Change (CASPAGE) (IGCP, Project 481)
-The role of Holocene environmental catastrophes in human history (IGCP, Project 490)
- The Rheic Ocean: Its origin, evolution, and correlatives (IGCP, Project 497)
- Devonian land-sea interaction: evolution of ecosystems and climate (IGCP, Project 499)
- Global Comparison of Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide Districts (IGCP, Project 502)
- Ordovician palaeogeography and palaeoclimate (IGCP, Project 503)
- Karst Aquifers and Water Resources (IGCP, Project 513)
- Coastal vulnerability related to sea level change (IGCP, Project 515)
- Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor during the last 30,000 years: Sea level change and human adaptation (IGCP, Project 521)
Sciences Policy and Sustainable Development
- Avicenna Virtual Campus (AVICENNA)
- Establishing Science and Technology Parks More
Basic Sciences
- International Centre for Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) in Allan, Jordan
- UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics, established in 1993 at Bogaziçi University More
- UNESCO Chair in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, established in 1997 at Galatasaray University More