  Particle accelerators technology is one of the generic technologies which is
locomotive of the development in almost all fields of science and technology.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy: "Accelerators underpin every
activity of the Office of Science and, increasingly, of the entire scientific
enterprise. From biology to medicine, from materials to metallurgy, from
elementary particles to the cosmos, accelerators provide the microscopic
information that forms the basis for scientific understanding and applications.
The combination of ground and satellite based observatories and particle
accelerators will advance our understanding of our world, our galaxy, our
universe, and ourselves." Because of this, accelerator technology should become
widespread all over the world. Existing situation shows that a large portion of
the world, namely the South and Mid-East, is poor on the accelerator
technology. UNESCO has recognized this deficit and started SESAME project in
Mid-East, namely Jordan. Turkic Accelerator Complex (TAC) project is more
comprehensive and ambitious project, from the point of view of it includes
light sources, particle physics experiments and proton and secondary beam
applications. At this stage, TAC project includes: Linac-ring type charm
factory Synchrotron light source based on positron ring Free electron laser
based on electron linac GeV scale proton accelerator TAC-Test Facility.
  First part of this presentation is devoted to general status of particle
accelerators around the world. The second part deal with the status of the TAC
proposal.
