TUBITAK Open Archive Aperta, which aims to be one of the largest data repositories of open science in Turkey (https://aperta.ulakbim.gov.tr/), the first data was uploaded.

The data from the article "Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Turkey" by Ogün ADEBALİ, Aylin BİRCAN, Defne ÇİRCİ, Burak İŞLEK, Zeynep KILINÇ, Berkay SELÇUK and Berk TURHAN published in the Turkish Journal of Biology was the first data uploaded to Aperta. The data uploaded under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license was viewed 228 times and downloaded by 175 people in the week it was uploaded.

There are currently 48,656 articles on Aperta. In addition to the publications produced from TÜBİTAK Supported Projects, the platform, which brings together SCOAP3 and TRUBA Supported publications, will also be the access gate to the articles and data of TÜBİTAK Academic Journals.

Built on the InvenioRDM developed by CERN, Aperta can store, search and cite many types of records such as articles, text, video, audio, data archives. TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM is also actively contributing to the team established under the leadership of CERN for the development of the new version of InvenioRDM.

As it is known, TÜBİTAK has demonstrated its commitment to providing continuous open access to scientific publications and research data by adopting the "TÜBİTAK Open Science Policy". The policy stipulates that publications produced from projects supported by TÜBİTAK must be uploaded to the Aperta TÜBİTAK Open Archive. The research data of these publications is proposed to be open access. Within the framework of Open Science practices, which aim to make scientific studies more transparent and sharing with the developing technology, research data will also be uploaded to Aperta in coordination with EU programs.