Turkey’s recent collaborative and genuine contributors to medicine

The overemphasis of economic growth globally and, particularly, in Turkey in the past quarter of a century has not only exposed its limitations regarding the environment, resources, and global warming but also led to the neglect of sound policies in education and scientific research. A main consequence that emerged has been the so-called "middle-income country trap" that Turkey has been experiencing in the past 6 years. Scientific research is indispensable for human development, as well as export-led economic growth. The UN Development Program recently published its traditional index for 2013, which uses three basic dimensions: longevity in conjunction with a healthy life, access to knowledge, and a life standard appropriate to human beings. Thus, two of the three dimensions are intimately woven into knowledge, science, and medicine. Among 187 countries ranked in the Human Development Index, Turkey is placed no better than 69 th , behind Libya, Malaysia, Lebanon, Belarus, and Venezuela.