About the Dukakis Center

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness — simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.
George Sand

Director’s welcome

Welcome to the Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service.

Launched in September 1999 as the Michael S. Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service, in its current form the Dukakis Center provides undergraduate training leading to a BA in International Relations, offers opportunities for internships and experiential learning, and organizes a wide variety of events and public service initiatives for the benefit of the entire ACT/Anatolia community. The Center is an integral unit of ACT’s Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Dukakis Center is characterized by its inspired American and international faculty, and students who are ambitious and highly self-motivated. Our vision for the Center is to be home to one of the premier undergraduate IR programs in Europe; to be a regionally acknowledged hub of research and outreach activity; and to be the destination of preference for degree, study abroad, and continuing education students alike. Our ambition in the design and administration of the Center has been to create a program worthy of a great institution like Anatolia.

A premier undergraduate center worthy of Anatolia, featuring inspired American and international faculty and ambitious and self-motivated students, and providing a world-class civic education.