Suna & Inan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations

Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations, within the Vehbi Koç Foundation, is an international cultural institution 

chartered to encourage and support researches to study, document, protect, and restore the historical, archaeological, ethnographical and cultural assets of Antalya and her environs; and to elucidate the region’s deep-rooted relations with the Mediterranean region. 

The Institute’s collection of rare books getting richer day by day; its library on antiquity with emphasis on the specific geography of the region developing as per requests by researchers.

The Suna & Inan Kıraç archives of documents, photographs and transparencies are available for use by Turkish and foreign researchers and scholars.

Within the frame of the annual schedules various cultural activities such as exhibitions, concerts, lectures, symposia, seminars, and archaeological film festivals are held.

The Institute is also fulfilling an important function with its academic monographs in addition to two annual periodicals

 ADALYA, an internationally cited academic journal covering Antalya region and Mediterranean Anatolia, and ANMED, presenting the preliminary results of surveys and excavations in the region.

The Institute also provides bursaries to graduate students and financial support to excavation, restoration and survey projects and scientific studies.

The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation was established in 2003 by Suna Kıraç, İnan Kıraç and İpek Kıraç to support the cultivation of empowered citizens that will contribute to Türkiye and its people.

The Foundation supports institutions and activities in the areas of education, culture, arts and health. Foundation activities include cultural heritage management, publications, scientific research, public education, public surveys, and a diverse portfolio of community programs and events.

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