| name | alterlab-tr-research-ethics |
| description | Scaffolds Turkish human-subjects etik kurul (ethics committee) applications and routes a study to the correct committee using the TR Dizin/ULAKBIM 2020 trigger rule: survey, interview, focus-group, observation, or experiment data collection requires a university Girisimsel Olmayan Etik Kurulu (non-interventional committee); drug, device, cosmetic, stem-cell, or BA-BE clinical studies also require a TITCK-approved Klinik Arastirmalar Etik Kurulu plus a separate TITCK permit. Generates bilingual (TR/EN) Etik Kurul Basvuru Formu, basvuru dilekcesi (cover petition), and Bilgilendirilmis Gonullu Olur Formu (informed consent), and lints a consent draft against the TITCK 2023 minimum-content checklist. Use when the user needs a Turkish etik kurul basvurusu, an onam/olur (consent) formu, asks which ethics committee a study requires, or needs TITCK approval guidance. For non-Turkey IRB/Belmont/GDPR use alterlab-research-ethics; for KVKK data plans use alterlab-kvkk-dmp. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. |
| license | MIT |
| allowed-tools | Read Write Edit Bash(python:*) |
| compatibility | No API key required. Guidance + offline scaffolder; the consent linter (scripts/consent_form_check.py) runs locally via `uv run python` with the Python standard library only. |
| metadata | {"skill-author":"AlterLab","version":"1.0.0","last_updated":"2026-06-06","depends_on":"alterlab-research-ethics (international IRB/ethics sibling), alterlab-kvkk-dmp (data-protection plans)"} |
TR Research Ethics — Turkish Etik Kurul & Onam Form Scaffolder
The Turkey-specific counterpart to alterlab-research-ethics. Given a study
description, it answers the first question every Turkish researcher faces —
which etik kurul (ethics committee) do I need? — then scaffolds the bilingual
dossier (başvuru formu, dilekçe, onam formu) and lints the consent form against
the TİTCK minimum-content checklist. Glossary on first use: etik kurul =
ethics committee; onam / olur formu = informed-consent form; dilekçe = formal
cover petition; TİTCK = Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu (Turkish Medicines
and Medical Devices Agency); öz = abstract.
This skill scaffolds and routes. It does not grant approval, and a draft it
produces is not a substitute for your institution's own committee templates,
which always take precedence.
When to Use This Skill
Use it when the request is about Turkish human-subjects ethics review:
IEU anket çalışması için etik kurul başvurusu hazırla
Bu cihaz çalışması için TİTCK onayı / klinik araştırma etik kurulu gerekir mi?
Draft a Turkish bilgilendirilmiş onam (informed consent) form for an interview study
Which ethics committee do I need for a focus-group study at a Turkish university?
Check my olur formu against the TİTCK minimum-content rules
Does NOT Trigger
Route adjacent requests to the correct sibling skill instead of firing here:
| Request | Route to |
|---|
| US/EU IRB, Belmont Report, HIPAA, GDPR, non-Turkey ethics board | alterlab-research-ethics |
| KVKK-compliant data management plan, anonymization, VERBIS, açık rıza data basis | alterlab-kvkk-dmp |
| TÜBİTAK Veri Yönetim Planı, Aperta deposit, open-access mandate | alterlab-aperta |
| Drafting the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001/1002-A proposal narrative | alterlab-tubitak-proposal |
| Survey instrument design / item wording (not the ethics dossier) | alterlab-survey-design |
| Qualitative interview/focus-group method design | alterlab-qualitative-methods |
| Pre-registration of hypotheses & analysis plan |
