The 6th Suna Kıraç Conference was held online on 19-20 April 2024 at Koç University!

The 6th Suna Kıraç Conference was held online on 19-20 April 2024 at Koç University!

The 6th Suna Kıraç Conference was held online on 19-20 April 2024 at Koç University. The Conference entitled "Advances in Gene and Molecular Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Recent Subcellular and Clinical Insights" kicked off with the Welcome Address of İpek Kıraç and was the first meeting after the passing of Suna Kıraç. The eleven speakers from prestigious institutions in the USA and Europe, such as UMass, Harvard, Kings College London, NIH, Johns Hopkins and Oxford Universities, were world authorities and were brought together considering their multifaceted approach to the subject. As always, the speakers contributed unpublished most recent studies to the meeting.

Topics, including discovery of novel genes and gene targeting, subcellular insights to selective vulnerability, non-neuronal pathology in neurodegenerative diseases and dysfunction of RNA processing in circuit-specific neurologic diseases were exhaustively discussed. The last lecture of the meeting, dedicated to the memory of Suna Kıraç, delineated the genetic structure of the ethnically very wealthy Anatolian peninsula as a rich genetic pool and the complex molecular architecture of ALS in Turkey, so far an under-investigated population at the molecular level. The meeting successfully concluded with an interactive session on sporadic ALS.




Pera Museum Wins Gold at Brandverse Awards 2025
Pera Museum Wins Gold at Brandverse Awards 2025
Pera Museum

Pera Museum Wins Gold at Brandverse Awards 2025

Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum has received the Gold Award in the “Museums” category of the SocialBrands Data Analytics Section at Brandverse Awards 2025, organized in collaboration with Marketing Türkiye and BoomSonar. 

A Step Forward by Suna’nın Kızları to Strengthen Child Protection Practices
A Step Forward by Suna’nın Kızları to Strengthen Child Protection Practices
Suna'nın Kızları

A Step Forward by Suna’nın Kızları to Strengthen Child Protection Practices

Suna’nın Kızları has launched the Support System Against Abuse – Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) initiative in Şanlıurfa. Developed in collaboration with Nirengi Association, the program includes training sessions for school principals and guidance counselors.

New Exhibition! The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect: Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982
New Exhibition! The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect: Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982
Istanbul Research Institute

New Exhibition! The Photography Studio of An Adventurous Architect: Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982

The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation İstanbul Research Institute is pleased to welcome visitors to its new exhibition focusing on Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu, one of the most distinctive figures of the late Ottoman Empire and early Republican period. On view from 19 June 2025 to 17 May 2026, the exhibition explores the transformation of Turkey through the lens of Koyunoğlu’s camera.