Mission

Balkan and Aegean Research and Practice Center is an innovation-oriented, participatory and sharing, scientific and ethical institution that contributes to the development of Balkans and Aegean studies in our country.  Our center conducts symposiums, panels, seminars, conferences, research, projects and publications in the fields of language, history, literature, economy, culture, art, international relations in the Balkans and the Aegean and supports such academic activities. Our Center, together with its stakeholders, has adopted the principle of shedding light on the developments in the Balkans and the Aegean and guiding our students and researchers on the Balkans and the Aegean. It also attaches great importance to the promotion of our university in Balkan countries in line with the internationalization goals in Higher Education. Since its establishment, our Center has been contributing to the development of mutual research and cooperation opportunities with universities in Balkan countries and is one of the main institutions representing our university at the meetings of the Union of Balkan Universities and the Union of Trakya Universities.

Vision

Balkan and Aegean Research and Practice Center aims to be one of the leading institutions in the field of Balkans and Aegean studies in Turkey through research, projects and academic activities and aims to become a nationally and internationally respected and recognized research center. It also aims to contribute to the recognition of the field of Balkanology in our country and to its acceptance as a separate discipline. In addition, in the context of Turkey's internationalization goals in Higher Education, it has the vision to increase the number of Balkan students studying at our university and to create awareness in the Balkans in this field.