Evaluation of ？ank？r？ Karatekin University in Terms of Performance of Academic Incentive Programme

Knowledge has accompanied him in the evolution of humankind over thirty thousand years, and one of the major factors that lead humankind to these days that is defined information age. Systematization of information added disciplines as well as science to people’s life. Information and science are today’s main dynamics that create competitive advantage and added value for individuals, societies and nations. One of the organizations that is expected to have quality collaboration between information and science is universities. Universities service with the principle of continuity of production of information and science. “Academic incentive” arranged in a way that it will include academic studies produced in 2015 and has different evaluation for each year, came into effect with the purpose of motivating universities in direction of the principle stated, ensuring development on quality and quantity of Turkey’s scientific publication and encourage academicians to produce quality scientific work. Aim of this paper is to evaluate Academic incentive’s reflection to ？ank？r？ Karatekin University, motivation that it created amongst academicians and in general to evaluate the approach to this application. Without a doubt, “Academic incentive” application created motivation for academicians and made a refreshing effect for academic works. However, two years’ experience with this application showed that, it has sides that criticized, dysfunctional and have negative effect on motivation. A revision made with taking all partners’ view, suggestion and criticism into consideration would make application more successful, prestigious and would increase our level of scientific information production