Abbreviations

You can examine the relevant abbreviations in detail in the table below.

*AA Anadolu Agency

* EU European Union - EU (Europe Union)

* United States of America (United States of America)

* ABS Braking system in motor vehicles - (Antilock Braking System)

* ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line - (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)

* AFP French Press Agency - (Agence France Press)

* AI Amnesty International - (Amnesty International)

* AID International Development Agency - (Agency for International Development)

* AIDS Acquired immune deficiency symptom - (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

* ECHR European Court of Human Rights – ECHR (European Court of Human Rights)

*Council of Europe – COE (Council Of Europe)

* AKBİL Smart ticket

* AKM Ataturk Cultural Center

* AKUT Search and Rescue Organization

* AO Joint-stock partnership

* AOÇ Atatürk Forest Farm

* AÖF Open Education Faculty

* AP US News Agency - (Associated Press)

* APS Express Mail Service

* R&D Research and development

* ASELSAN Military Electronics Industry

* ASKİ Ankara Water and Sewerage Administration

* ASO Ankara Chamber of Industry

* AST Ankara Art Theater

* A.Ş. Joint stock company

* AŞTİ Ankara Intercity Terminal Operation

* ATO Ankara Chamber of Commerce

* AÜ Anadolu University, Ankara University, Atatürk University

* UAE United Arab Emirates

* BAĞ-KUR Tradesmen, Craftsmen and Other Self-Employed Social Insurance Institution

* BBC British Broadcasting Corporation

* BCG Tuberculosis vaccine - (Bacillus Calmette Guèrin)

* BRSA Banking Regulation and Supervision Board

* CIS Commonwealth of Independent States

* UN United Nations - UN (United Nations)

* BOTAŞ Pipeline Petroleum Transportation Joint Stock Company

* BUE Bank of the European Union - (Bank of Union European)

* CAEC Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - (Consultative Assembly of European Council)

* CAO International Civil Aviation Organization

* CD Corps Diplomatique - (Corps Diplomatique)

* CDH European Court of Justice for Human Rights - (Cour Europeenne des Droits de l'Homme)

* CENTO Central Treaty Organization

* CEO Chief General Manager – (Chief Executive Officer)

* CFR Cost and Freight – (Cost and Freight)

* CIA US Central Intelligence Agency

* CIF Cost-insurance-freight - (Cost, Insurance and Freight)

* CIOS Council of International Scientific Organizations - (Conseil International pour l'Organisation Scientifique)

* CIP Transportation and delivery with insurance paid – (Carriage and Insurance Paid To)

* CIP Commercially Important Person

*CMUK Criminal Procedure Law

* CNRS National Center for Scientific Research - (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifi

* COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Assistance for Eastern Bloc Countries

* CPT Delivery with Transportation Fee Paid – (Carriage Paid To)

* CSO Presidential Symphony Orchestra

* CV Resume – (Cirriculum Vitae)

* ÇAYKUR General Directorate of Tea Enterprises

* ÇUKOBİRLİK Çukurova Cotton Agriculture Sales Cooperatives Association

* DAF Delivered At Frontier – (Delivered At Frontier)

* DDP Delivered Duty Paid

* DDT Insecticide - (Dichloro-diphenol-trichloro-ethane)

* DDU Delivered Duty Unpaid – (Delivered Duty Unpaid)

* DEQ Delivered at Quay (Customs duties and taxes paid) – (Delivered Ex Quay)(Duty paid)

* DES Delivered Ex Ship

* State Security Court State Security Court

* DHMI State Airports Authority

* SIS State Institute of Statistics

* DMO State Supply Office

* DNA Deoxyrubonucleic acid

*DPT State Planning Organization

* DSI State Hydraulic Works

* DVD Digital multi-purpose wheel - (Digital Versatile Disc)

* EAC Organization for European Cooperation (European Association for Co-operation)

* EBU European Broadcasting Union

* ECO Economic Cooperation Organization - (Economic Cooperation Organization)

* ECOWAS Economic Community Of West African States

* EDC European Defense Community

* EDIG European Defense Industries Group – (European Defense Industries Group)

* EEG Brain flow graph - (Electroencephalogram)

* EFT Electronic fund transfer

* EFTA European Free Trade Area/Association

* EGO Electricity, Gas, Bus Enterprises - (Ankara Municipality)

* ECG Heart flow graph - (Electrocardiogram)

* ELAL : Israel Airlines.

* EMG Muscle flow graph - (Electromyographie)

* EPA European Parliamentary Association

* EPDK Energy Market Regulatory Board

* ESA European Space Agency – (European Space Agency)

* ESHOT Electricity, Water, Air Gas, Bus, Tramway Operations - (Izmir Municipality)

* EXW Delivery at commercial premises – (Ex Works)

* FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization

* FAQ Frequently asked questions – (Frequently Asked Questions)

* FAS Delivery Alongside Ship – (Free Alongside Ship)

* FBI US Federal Bureau of Investigation - (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

* FCA Delivery to carrier – (Free Carrier)

* FEI The short name of the international equestrian federation.

* FIBA International Basketball Federation - (Fédération Internationale de Basketball Association)

* FIDE International Chess Federation - (Fédération Internationale des Échecs)

* FIFA Federation Internationale de Football Association - (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)

* FILA International Amateur Wrestling Federation - (Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées)

* FIR Flight line regulation - (Flight Information Region)

* FM Frequency modulation - (Frequency Modulation)

* FOB Delivery on board – (Free On Board)

*GAP Southeastern Anatolia Project

* GATA Gülhane Military Medical Academy

* GSM Mobile cellular phone - (Global System for Mobile Communications)

* HABITAT United Nations Conference on Human Settlements - (Centre for Human Settlements)

* HAVAŞ General Directorate of Airports and Ground Services

* The virus that causes HIV AIDS - (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

* IAAF International Amateur Athletic Federation - (International Amateur Athletic Federation)

* IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

* IATA International Air Transport Association

* ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

* ICC International Chamber of Commerce – (International Chamber of Commerce)

* ICJ International Court of Justice - (International Court of Justice)

* ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

* IDA International Development Bank - (International Development Association)

* IDB Islamic Development Bank - (Islamic Development Bank)

* IEE Association of Electrical Engineers – (Institute of Electrical Engineering)

* IEEE Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

* ILO International Labor Organization – (International Labor Organization)

* IMF International Monetary Fund

* IMO International Maritime Organization

* INTERPOL International Criminal Police Commission

* IOC International Olympic Committee - (International Olympic Committee)

* IP Internet Protocol - (Internet Protocol)

* IPI International Press Institute - (International Press Institute)

* IRO International Refugee Organization

* ISBN International standard book number - (International Standard Book Number)

* ISMN International standard music number - (International Standard Music Number)

* ISO International Organization for Standardization

* ISSN International standard serial number - (International Standard Serial Number)

* ITO United Nations International Trade Organization

* ITU International Telecommunication Union - (International Telecommunication Union)

* IETT Istanbul Electricity, Tunnel, Tramway Operation

* OIC Organization of Islamic Conference

* ISE Istanbul Stock Exchange

* İSKİ Istanbul Water and Sewage Administration

* ISO Istanbul Chamber of Industry

* ITO Istanbul Chamber of Commerce

* ITU Istanbul Technical University

* IU Istanbul University

* IZTO Izmir Chamber of Commerce

* JAL Japan Airlines - (Japan Airlines)

* ENT Ear, Nose, Throat

* VAT Value added tax

* BSEC Black Sea Economic Cooperation

* KGB Soviet Secret Intelligence Service - (Komitet Gossudarrstvennoi Bezopastnosti)

* Decree Law Decree having the force of law

* SOE Public Economic Enterprise

* TRNC Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus – TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)

* SME Small and Medium Enterprise

* KOSGEB Small and Medium-Sized Industry Development and Support Administration

* KTMMOB Union of Turkish Cypriot Engineers and Architects Chambers

* KTU Karadeniz Technical University

* LES Graduate Education Entrance Exam

* LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas - (Liquified Petroleum Gas)

* MEB Ministry of National Education

* National Security Council of the National Security Council

* MİT National Intelligence Organization

* MKYK Central Decision Board of Directors

* MOSSAD Israeli Secret Intelligence Organization

* MTA General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration

* MYK Central Board of Directors

* NASA American National Aeronautics and Space Research Center - (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

* NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

* NOTAM Warning notice for airmen and sailors - (Notice to Air Men)

* OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

* METU Middle East Technical University

*OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

*OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

tries)

* OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – (Organization Security and Co-operation in Europe)

* OYAK Army Relief Organization

* ÖSS Student Selection Exam

* ÖSYM Student Selection and Placement Center

* Special Consumption Tax

* ÖYS Student Placement Exam

* PEN International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists

* PTT General Directorate of Post and Telegraph Organization

* PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)

* RAM Memory that can be read and written on a computer - (Random Access Memory)

* RCD Regional Cooperation for Development

* RNA Ribonucleic acid

* ROM Read-only memory in the computer - (Read-Only Memory)

* Ro-Ro vehicle loading and unloading (rolon-roloff)

* RPM Revolutions per minute – (Revolution Per Minute)

* RTÜK Radio and Television Supreme Council

* SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

* SAS Underwater Defense (Commandos)

* SAT Underwater Assault (Commandos)

* SOS Alert to seek international help - (Save Our Souls)

* CMB Capital Markets Board

* SSK Social Insurance Institution

* T.R. Republic of Türkiye

* TAEK Turkish Atomic Energy Agency

* TAI Turkish Aerospace Industry

* TAO Turkish Joint Stock Partnership

* TARIS Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union

* TASS Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union - (Telegrafnoe Agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza)

* TBB Union of Turkish Bar Associations

* Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Grand National Assembly

* TCDD State Railways of the Republic of Turkey

* TCK Turkish Penal Code

* CBRT Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

* TDK Turkish Language Association

* WPI Wholesale price index

* THA Turkish News Agency

* THK Turkish Aeronautical Association

* THY Turkish Airlines

* TIR International Road Transport - (Transport International Routier)

* TMMOB Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects

* TMO Soil Products Office

* TOBB Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye

* TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language

* TOKİ Mass Housing Administration

* TR Türkiye

* TRT Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

* TSE Turkish Standards Institute

* Turkish Armed Forces

* TUS Medical Specialization Exam

* TÜBA Turkish Academy of Sciences

* TUBITAK Scientific and Technical Research Council of Türkiye

* CPI Consumer price index

* TÜRKSAT Turkish satellite - (Turkish satellite)

* TÜTAV Turkish Promotion Foundation

* UEFA Union of European Football Associations

* UFO Unidentified Flying Object

* UHF Ultra high frequency - (Ultra High Frequency)

* UK United Kingdom, England - (United Kingdom)

* UNAC United Nations Aid to Children

* UNDP United Nations Development Programme

* UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

* UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

* UNIC United Nations Information Center

* UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

* UNIDO short name for United Nations Industrial Development Organization - (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)

* UNO United Nations Organization - (United Nations Organization)

* UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

* UPI International Press Association - (United Press International)

* UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply – (Uninterruptible Power Supply)

* UPU International Postal Union (Universal Postal Union)

* USAID USA Agency for International Development – (United States Agency for International Development)

* PPI Producer prices index

* VHF Very high frequency - (Very High Frequency)

* VIP Very Important Person

* WAP Wireless application protocol; Wireless access to the Internet system - (Wireless Application Protocol)

* WHO World Health Organization – (World Health Organization)

* WTO World Trade Organization - (World Trade Organization)

* YÖK Council of Higher Education

* YÖS Foreign Student Exam

* YSK Supreme Electoral Council

* YTU Yildiz Technical University

* YURTKUR Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution