The Research Centre For Islamic History, Art and Culture (Turkish: İslâm Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi; abbreviated as IRCICA), also known as the Istanbul Research Center for Islamic Culture and Arts is the first cultural centre and a subsidiary organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation established in 1979 after the Republic of Turkey proposed IRCICA in the 7th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (now the Council of Foreign Ministers), in Istanbul, 1976.[1] The proposal was adopted by the OIC under the resolution no. 3/7-ECS.