HISTORY

Earth and Marine Sciences Institute were first established in the year 1983 as Earth Sciences Division of Basic Sciences Research Institute. During the period from its foundation until 1996, it acquired experience and know-how in Earth Sciences and a strong infrastructure was built for measurement and evaluation. From 1996 until today, when it was directly connected to TUBITAK MRC Directorate, it defined its mission and vision in parallel to reorganization of Marmara Research Institute and carried out its studies. In the year 1998, it acquired the status of being a research institute connected to TUBITAK MRC Directorate.  

Having the vision of being a Center of Excellence in research on active tectonics and underground resources areas countrywide and in our region and the mission of carrying out applied research in active tectonics and underground resources focusing on social benefit by multidisciplinary approaches based on modeling and measurement and dissemination of information acquired by these researches. It inclined on the earth sciences problems awaiting solutions in the light of the progress in earth sciences in the world.

Emphasizing on being a customer oriented institute, its studies were concentrated on three different areas, namely Earthquake Processes, Geophysical Processes and Geochemical Processes. Its name was simplified to become Earth and Marine Sciences Institute at the start of year 2005.