Atatürk Institute was established 2016 in order to research, disseminate and introduce Atatürk's system of thought, principles and reforms on a scientific basis and to introduce the course "Atatürk's Principles and History of the Turkish Revolution" to every student at Karabuk University, parallel to the reconstruction of the Turkish Republic within the modernization efforts of the Turkish society against the political, social, economic, cultural and socio-psychological problems resulted from the conflict between the Western and Eastern civilizations.
The Institute offers the course of Atatürk's Principles and History of the Turkish Revolution to approximately 16,000 students from all the faculties and schools of Karabuk University, and to the candidate administrative personnel occasionally.