Institute of Marine Sciences
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| Type | Institute in University |
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| Established | 1975 |
| Chairman | Dr. Ahmet Erkan KIDEYŞ |
| Location | Erdemli / Mersin, Turkey |
| Website | ims.metu.edu.tr |
The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) focuses on marine science-related education and research. IMS was founded in 1975 on the Erdemli Campus at METU (Middle East Technical University) in Erdemli / Mersin. Institute’s campus at Erdemli, houses laboratories, office buildings, computing and remote sensing facilities, a library, an atmospheric tower, and other services. Housing for staff and students, and harbor facility are also located on the campus.
Although the main campus of METU is in Ankara the institute was esatablished in Mersin Province , a Mediterranean Sea |Mediterranean province of Turkey. It is at 36°40′01″N 34°15′18″E / 36.66694°N 34.25500°E in Limonlu (lamas of the antiquity ) town of Erdemli ilçe (district) Its distance Erdemli is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and to Mersin is 47 kilometres (29 mi).
The institute was founded in 1975 as a part of Chemistry school . Two years later it moved to its current location which was allocated by the government. Up to present the institute had six directors:Turgut İsmail Balkaş, Teoman Nuriddin Norman, Ümit Ünlüata, İlkay Salihoğlu, Şükrü Turan Beşiktepe and Ferit Bingel. The total number of MS graduates is 99 and the Phd gradıuates is 31.In its brief history, research accomplished by the Institute has resulted both in vastly increasing our knowledge of the seas surrounding Turkey and in establishing a data base to help in the management of Marine Environment. During more than 30 years Institute had tens of projects
Total area of the Institue is about 0.66 square kilometres (0.25 sq mi) and it is divided by the Turkish state highway 
between Mersin and Antalya Most of the buildings are to the south of the high way (sea side) . The northern part is composed of mediterranean type scrub and an abandoned stone pit (Used during the construction of Mersin Harbor)
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