About Us

The Dicle Center for Social Research (Dicle Toplumsal Araştırmalar Merkezi, DİTAM) is a think tank founded in Diyarbakır in 2010.

Its founding members include academics, doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists, writers, former members of parliament and business people.

As an independent organization acting in line with its own mission and principles, DİTAM aims to assess the current situation on economic, social and political issues, with Diyarbakır as its priority, through research carried out by experts in each field, and in light of these findings to contribute to solving problems by pressing the relevant institutions to act.

In carrying out this work, in addition to its own resources, DİTAM also receives support from national and international institutions and organizations (the European Union, the Consulate of Sweden, the Open Society Foundation, etc.).