The project works under the auspices of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, with a permit from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The project is grateful to Nadir Avcı, Director General and to our temsilci Yaşar Yılmaz. We are very grateful for the support of Nasır Ersöz the Belediye Baskan and Osman Taşkan the Kaymakam in the local town of   Çumra and to Erdoğan Erol, the Director of Konya Museums.

The main sponsors are Koçbank and Boeing. Our long term sponsor is Shell, and other sponsors are Thames Water and IBM. In Britain support has been provided by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, and University College London. In America funding has been received from Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley Archaeological Research Facility and MACTIA. Generous private donations have been made by John Coker. In Poland thanks are due to the University of Poznań, and the Polish Academy of Science. Other support is provided by the Friends of Çatalhöyük and the Turkish Friends of Çatalhöyük, and we are grateful as ever to Jimmy and Arlette Mellaart. Special thanks is extended to Ömer Koç for his continued support of the project.

The institutional partners of the project are Cambridge University, Stanford University, University College London, The Museum of London, Poznań University, Istanbul University, Middle East Technical University (Ankara), Selcuk University (Konya).