The International Institute for the Study of Kurdish Societies (IISKS) is a non-governmental, non-political, not-for-profit professional organization for researchers and scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Kurdish societies and related areas everywhere in the world.
The Institute is organized to conduct and carry out research on all aspects of Kurdish and related studies, to publish, disseminate and distribute the results of such research, to promote the cause of the Institution and assure its continuation as a scholarly and vibrant data bank dealing with all aspects of Kurdish culture and history in its widest temporal and spatial context, to ensure that the Institution keeps abreast of the latest research in all areas of Kurdish Studies, and if necessary to update previously published entries (in print or electronically), to help ensure the financial health of the Institution, and to receive, hold, and directly or indirectly to administer funds, securities, gifts and bequests for the purposes listed above, without limitations.