There is a potential need for IR Astronomy in Turkey. Below are some examples to the subjects of interest.
In alphabetical (surname) order
Nazım Aksaker / Çukurova University - Department of Physics
Planetary nebulas and their formation; interstellar gas
Sinan Aliş / Istanbul University - Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Clusters of galaxies; brightest cluster galaxies; high red-shift galaxies
Şölen Balman / Middle East Technical University - Department of Physics
Infrared coronal emission in later stages of classical nova explosions; Cataclysmic Variables (CV): outer parts of the disks, spectroscopy of the secondary stars, etc.; infrared time series analysis and ellipsoidal oscillation analysis in Cataclysmic Variables and Low-mass X-ray Binaries; magnetic CVs
Selçuk Bilir / Istanbul University - Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Hakan Erkut / Istanbul Kültür University
Possibility of observing disks around isolated neutron stars in near- and mid-IR; planet formation in these supernova remnant disks
Ünal Ertan / Sabancı University
Disk structures around compact objects
Tolga Güver / University of Arizona, US
Searching for the IR components of isolated neutron stars, X-ray binaries, and magnetars; analysing the properties of interstellar medium; IR surveying
Emrah Kalemci / Sabancı University
Analysing the blackhole-jet systems in our Galaxy
Ümit Kızıloğlu / Middle East Technical University - Department of Physics
Disk structures of Be/X stars
Aybüke Küpçü Yoldaş / ESO, DE; Cambridge IoA, UK
Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) and host galaxies; galaxy formation and evolution
İlham Nasıroğlu / Çukurova University, Department of Physics
Investigating the possibility of a fast photo-polarimeter for point sources
Rennan Pekünlü / Ege University - Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (MCVs)
Cahit Yeşilyaprak / Erzurum Atatürk University - Department of Physics
Atmospheres of red stars; relations between metal lines and mass loss; star-formation regions; IR surveying
Umut A. Yıldız / Leiden Observatory, Holland
Protostars in star-forming regions (SFRs) -- (far-IR, sub-mm)
