A non-profit educational institution dedicated to promoting American and Turkish research and exchange related to Turkey in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Promotes rescue archaeology and documentation of historical environment under risk. Museum, projects, publications, news, urban archaeology in Turkey.

Aims to promote the project's endeavours in excavation, conservation and heritage management at the site; to promote public interest in the site, both local and international; to promote scientific research into the understanding of the site and its setting.