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Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci receive 2026 TÜSEB Science Award
The 2026 TÜSEB Awards, held as part of the 12th Turkish Medical World Congress, were presented at a ceremony attended by President Erdoğan. BioNTech founders Prof. Uğur Şahin and Prof. Özlem Türeci received the TÜSEB Aziz Sancar Science Award.
The 2026 TÜSEB Aziz Sancar Science, Service, Incentive and Health Technologies Prestige Awards were presented at a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, held as part of the 12th Turkish Medical World Congress under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye.
The ceremony, organized by the Turkish Health Institutes Presidency (TÜSEB) in Istanbul, presented awards in various categories, particularly science, service, incentives and health technologies.
Science Award goes to Şahin and Türeci
The TÜSEB Aziz Sancar Science Award went to BioNTech founders Prof. Uğur Şahin and Prof. Özlem Türeci, the figures behind the mRNA vaccine developed against COVID-19.
Prof. Enis Barış received the TÜSEB Service Award, while the TÜSEB Incentive Awards went to Associate Prof. Fatih Kar, Assistant Prof. Aktan Alpsoy and Associate Prof. Şahin Hanalioğlu.
Prestige awards for domestic health technologies
The Health Technologies Prestige Awards went to Abdi İbrahim İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Yerlika İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
The TÜSEB Special Service Awards were presented to Dr. Şükran Yılmaz, Dr. Ejder Sözen, Prof. Serap Aykut Aka, Prof. Sezai Yılmaz and Prof. Utkan Demirci.
Honorary certificate for the Turkish world
The TÜSEB Turkish World Health and Science Honorary Certificate was also presented to Kyrgyzstan Health Minister Damirbek Osmonov, Associate Prof. Ferit Kasımzade and Associate Prof. Şahin Hanalioğlu.
TÜSEB congratulated all the award recipients, saying they had made valuable contributions to science, human health and Türkiye's development in health technologies.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Erdoğan announced that they aimed to produce 700 ultrasound devices annually within two years, with a domestic production rate of at least 71 percent. Scientific sessions and panels were held during the three-day congress.
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