Dr Ipek Yalcin Christmann, neurobiologist in charge of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research[1] Dr Serdar Dalkılıç, founder of the National Union of Hospital Practitioners (SNPAC) and President of the Franco-Turkish Health Foundation[2] Erol Gelenbe, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College Nilüfer Göle, Professor of Sociology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales;[3] Doğan Kuban, Professor of Ottoman Architecture and History at Istanbul Technical University[4] Ronald Karel, researcher who successfully demonstrated and proved the existence of ionized earthquake clouds[5] Farouk Mardam-Bey, director of the Arab world collections at the French publishing house Actes Sud (Turkish Syrian origin, from the Mardam Bey family)[6] Dr Halit Mirahmetoğlu, launched "Gökmen Aviation and Aerospace Training Center" (GUHEM) which is the first center in Turkey devoted to the themes of space and aviation[7] Pınar Selek, sociologist and feminist[8] Nora Şeni, Professor of History at the Institut français de géopolitique;[9] Semih Vaner, founder and president of the "French Association for the Study of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Turkish-Iranian World" (AFEMOTI), Director of the "Study Group on Contemporary Turkey and Iran (ERTCI)", and Director of "Study notebooks on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Turkish-Iranian world" (CEMOTI).