Cankiri Karatekin University Central Research Laboratory (CANKAM); It is an R&D center where applications and researches are carried out for the application needs of various fields with its advanced technology infrastructure and expert research staff. Aims of this center are to provide coordination between the existing scientific and strategic research laboratories, research and application centers and similar units within the university; ensure the R&D facilities to be opened to the common use between the units and to ensure their effective use; provide support to basic, applied and interdisciplinary scientific research studies within the university by providing analysis, testing and measurement infrastructure and service, and also to create new R&D areas by hosting private/strategic projects; continuously monitoring technological developments and ensuring that the devices in the laboratory are deployed in accordance with the conditions of the day and increasing the potential of the university`s project execution; respond to the demands of the sector by cooperating with local, regional and national industrial organizations and other private and public institutions, and to contribute to the needy by means of testing, analysis and measurement services to solve the problems.