Moon Research Program of Türkiye

In this article, the Moon Research Program of Türkiye has been reviewed. Turkish Space Agency prepared the National Space Program of Türkiye and the National Space Program was published in 2022. NSP includes ten main goals to determine the strategy of Türkiye in the field of space in ten years. Moon Research Program is one of them. While preparing National Space Program, to see the current situation in Türkiye and the world and to gather reviews from space sector players in Türkiye workshops, were done with these participants. Developing deep space technologies, planet exploration programs and Moon missions were some of the prominent topics in these workshops. Additionally, it was seen that there was an increasing trend for Moon missions in the space sector in the world. Therefore, to make Türkiye one of the competent participants in the space race and increase the capabilities and human resources in the space area, the Moon Research Program Project (AYAP-1) was initiated.