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MAKÜ's R&D initiative in medical cannabis with Japan

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (MAKÜ) is strengthening its efforts to develop health support products from hemp in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan. Two agreements covering academic exchange and joint research have been signed between the two universities.

Date | 04 November 2026, Wednesday

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MAKÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar and the accompanying delegation met with Kumamoto University Rector Prof. Dr. Hisao Ogawa and faculty members from the Faculty of Pharmacy as part of the Japan program.

 

The delegation included Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Gürsoy, International Relations Coordinator Prof. Dr. Ömer Gürkan Dilek, and faculty member Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim Çiftçi from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

 

Prof. Dr. Mikako Fujita and Prof. Dr. Masami Otsuka from Kumamoto University's Faculty of Pharmacy also participated in the meeting. Fujita serves as a part-time faculty member in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at MAKÜ under Article 46 of Law No. 2547.

 

Two agreements for academic exchange and joint research

 

During the visit, the collaboration that began in 2024 between the two universities was expanded with new agreements. One of the agreements covers student and faculty exchange, while the other encompasses joint academic and scientific research.

 

This way, while academic mobility and joint research are brought into a corporate framework, the aim is to develop new areas of work with the participation of different faculties.

 

International contribution to hemp R&D studies

 

The main agenda of the discussions was the development of health support products from hemp carried out by MAKÜ in collaboration with İnsitu Green Technologies Industry and Trade Inc., which operates in Burdur.

 

It is aimed to contribute to the research conducted with İnsitu Green Technologies, the first and only company in Turkey to obtain

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