Institute of Turkish Studies ( ITS ) is a foundation based in the United States with the avowed objective of advancing Turkish studies at colleges and universities in the United States . Having been founded and provided a grant from the Republic of Turkey in the 1980s , the institute has issued undergraduate scholarships , language study awards , grant money to scholars , and underwritten the holding of workshops . Its work has also attracted controversy by observers who have criticized it as a body held under the sway of the political ideology of the Turkish state , active in the denial of the Armenian Genocide and other topics considered taboo , such as the condition of the Kurds in the country
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Institute of Turkish Studies