Our Objective and Goals

Atılım University Migration Studies Application and Research Center (ATUGAM) was established with the Regulation published in the Official Gazette no. 31244 dated September 14, 2020, with the aim of conducting scientific research, application, training and documentation on migration, a key phenomenon at both national and international levels.

The center aims to raise awareness throughout the university on issues related to internal and external migration, conducting research, publications and projects on issues related to migration processes in Turkey and the world, and in this sense, national and international conferences, symposiums, talks (colloquiums), seminars, on subjects covering all aspects of migration, participate in workshops, exhibitions and similar studies and events, cooperate with national and international, public or private institutions and organizations operating on migration-related issues within the scope of the relevant legislation provisions, perform cooperative studies, projects and organize training programs.

In the context of the goals and activities above, the center aims to develop relations with academia and local, national and international solution partners, to disseminate interdisciplinary studies and to ensure cooperation.