Research Title: High resolution investigation of Miocene aged fluvial-lake deposits around Ankara (Beypazari-Çayirhan) by cyclic sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary geochemistry ((Ankara civarı Beypazarı-Çayırhan) Miyosen yaşlı Gölsel-Karasal çökellerin devirsel sedimantoloji, sekans stratigrafi ve sedimanter jeokimya yöntemleri ile yüksek çözünürlükte incelenmesi))
Principal investigator and contact person: Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Ömer Yılmaz
Sponsor(s): T.Ü.B.İ.T.A.K. (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), TUBITAK-106Y052 project.
Researchers in the project: Prof. Dr. Torsten Walter Vennemann(Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland), Prof. Dr. Asuman Türkmenoğlu(Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.), Ankara), Dr. Zühtü Batı (T.P.A.O. Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara), Dr. Marius Stoica (Bucharest University, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, Balcescu, Bucharest, Romania)
Start date and duration of the project: 2006, 2 years
Research Title: Delineation of Lower Carboniferous stage boundaries by using conodont and foraminifera biostratigraphy in Central Taurides, Turkey (Orta Toroslarda Alt Karbonifer kat sınırlarının konodont ve foraminifer biyostratigrafisi kullanılarak belirlenmesi)
Principal investigator and contact person: Prof. Dr. Sevinç Özkan ALTINER
Sponsor(s): B.A.P., Middle East Technical University
Researchers in the project: Prof. Dr. Demir Altıner (Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.), Ankara), Ayşe Atakul Özdemir (Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.), Ankara)
Start date and duration of the project: 2008, 3 years
Research Title: Delineation of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary using micropaleontological, microfacies and geochemical analyses and interpretation of the succession within the framework of sequence stratigraphy in Haymana Basin, Ankara, Turkey (Haymana Havzası'nda Kretase-Tersiyer sınırının mikropaleontolojik, mikrofasiyes ve jeokimyasal analizleri ile belirlenmesi ve sekans stratigrafisi kapsamında yorumlanması)
Principal investigator and contact person: Prof. Dr. Demir ALTINER
Sponsor(s): B.A.P., Middle East Technical University
Researchers in the project: Selen Esmeray (Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.), Ankara)
Start date and duration of the project: 2007, 2 years