Migration Research Center (MiReKoc)
The Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) was established in August 2004 as a grant-giving program by the joint initiation of Koç University (Istanbul) and the Foundation for Population, Migration, and Environment (PME, Zurich).
As of 2010, MiReKoc has become a fully functioning research center aimed at developing the research capacity to address migration issues in Turkey.
In addition to being an institutionalized hub for Turkey-related migration research, MiReKoc also initiates conferences, workshops, meetings and seminars all aimed at engaging students, academics, bureaucrats, policymakers, stakeholders and civil society organizations (CSO).
Foundation of Lausanne Treaty Emigrants
The objectives of the Foundation of Lausanne Treaty Emigrants are based on the convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations signed by the Government of the Grand National assembly of Turkey and the Greek Governments in Lausanne in 1923.
The foundation aims to support culture, art and folklore of the emigrants, conduct research on the population exchange and the history of the period, while protecting cultural and historical heritage as a heritage of humanity, supporting friendship and cooperation among Turkish and Greek people with the aim of establishing a culture of peace and providing social and cultural solidarity among the first generation emigrants and their descendants.
Research Center on Minority Groups (KEMO)
The Research Centre on Minority Groups (KEMO) is a non-profit making association formed in 1996. KEMO aims at the multidimensional study of minority groups, minority languages and every form of cultural diversity at a general theoretical level as well as with regard to specific minority groups. This will be pursued through several scientific disciplines and methodologies, which contribute to further scholarly research on such questions. Its point of departure is a multidisciplinary approach. Sociology, social anthropology, social psychology, political science, history, political geography, linguistics, law as well as economics can each, from its own distinct angle of vision, shed light on the minority question.
To further our aims we will organize scientific conferences, speeches and debates, field research, publish research monographs and collective works, perhaps on a periodic basis. Contact and collaboration with other organisations, domestic and international is regarded as essential, particularly insofar as it contributes to a fertile debate. [www.kemo.gr]
Centre for Asia Minor Studies
The Centre for Asia Minor Studies is a scientific institute involved since 1930 in the collection, research and documentation of information of oral and written historical tradition, as well as the publication of scientific studies and monographs related to the Greek Orthodox populations of Asia Minor. In 1962 the Centre officially became an independent private legal entity under Greek law, supported by state funding.
The Centre for Asia Minor Studies engages in the following activities; conservation, documentation and dissemination of archival material relevant to the everyday life of the Greek Orthodox in Asia Minor, their expatriation and resettlement in Greece; publication of the Bulletin of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, an authoritative scientific journal keeping up-to-date and promoting Asia Minor Studies, as well as bringing into light the rich archival material of the Centre; collection and preservation of books and journals relevant to the scientific interests of the Centre, which are freely accessible to visitors of the Centre in the library; free access to the archival material for scientists and researchers as a means to promoting research, as well as for second and third generation refugees interested in their place of origin; and organization of events presenting the Centre's objectives and material.