Past Events
View of Ankara Conference

We would likte to announce that with the colloboration of Koç University VEKAM and Netherlands Ambassy in Ankara View of Ankara Conference will be held on Ocotber 18, 2018 at Rahmi M. Koç Museum Ankara /Conference Hall

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18
October 2018, Thursday
Location: Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi Ankara
Faces Of Juliopolis: 3d Facial Modelling Workshop

In 2017, Koç University VEKAM decided to support a Bioarcheaological and High-Tech Research in Juliopolis which is conducted by Asst. Prof. Ali Metin Büyükkarakaya, from Hacettepe University, Department of Anthropology. The project intends the study of the skeletal remains from

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17
October 2018, Wednesday
Location: Koç Universitiy Ankara Orchard House
Ankara in Turkish Novel

The lecture by Dr. Esra Sazyek will examine 214 novels and the lecture will try to capture Ankara, a place of multi-dimensional and rapid change since October 29, 1923, in all its dimensions as reflected in the fictional world. The lecture will examine Ankara’s historically sig

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11
October 2018, Thursday
Location: Turkish - American Association (TAA)
Summer School // Reading and Analysing Ottoman Manuscripts

Koç University Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM), Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBÜ) The French Institute of the Near East (Ifpo), and the Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies (CETOBaC) at EHESS, are organising a summer school in

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03
September 2018, Monday
Architects Who Made Their Marks in Ankara: Vedat Özsan

In the sequel of the completion of the Project for Research, Documentation and Development of Conservation Measures for Civilian Architectural Culture Heritage in Ankara in the period 1930-1980, which was launched by Baskent University in 2012, was also supported by TUBITAK (Th

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25
May 2018, Friday
Location: Koç University Ankara Orchard House
Movies Run Through Ankara

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17
May 2018, Thursday
Location: Turkish - American Association (TAA)
Weaving History: Mystery of a City, Sof

Koç University Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM), in collaboration with Rahmi M. Koç Museum Ankara, presents “Weaving History: Mystery of a City”, an exhibition that will run from 12 May until 16 September 2018. At the heart of this exhibition lies Ankara’s histo

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12
May 2018, Saturday
Location: Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi Ankara
Conference / Prof. Dr. Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu: Carrying the Past and Present to the Future in Ankara: VEKAM as a City Research Center

Within the scope of XVI. National Architecture Exhibition and Awards 2018 , Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM) recieved the special jury award for its contribution to the field of architecture with a ceremony which was held at CerModern , Ankara on April 6th, 20

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08
May 2018, Tuesday
Location: Mimalar Derneği 1927
Permanent Impact of Transient Documents: I. International Ephemera Studies Symposium

“Ephemera”—the plural form of “ephemeron”—is derived from the Greek word ephemeros meaning “lasting only one day”. Maurice Rickards, who—as an outcome of the ephemeral materials that he gathered for his collection and the research which he undertook throughout the 20th century—

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25
April 2018, Wednesday
Location: Neva Palas
Türkiye and Nations League: Ankara’s First International Organizsational Experience

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19
April 2018, Thursday
Location: Turkish - American Association (TAA)
Vekam at Heritage Istanbul 2018 : Restoration , Archaeology , Museum Technologies Fair & Conferences

New technologies give opportunities for cultural heritage by causing worldwide interest, enriching communication and techniques Aiming at gathering the institutions working for preserving, keeping and transferring the cultural heritage to the future with sectoral suppliers, Res

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12
April 2018, Thursday
Location: Hilton Bosphorus İstanbul Convention & Exhibition Center/ İstanbul
Architects Who Made Their Marks in Ankara : Kadri Kalaycıoğlu – Vedat Yalçınkaya

In the sequel of the completion of the Project for Research, Documentation and Development of Conservation Measures for Civilian Architectural Culture Heritage in Ankara in the period 1930-1980, which was launched by Baskent University in 2012, was also supported by TUBITAK (Th

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30
March 2018, Friday
Location: Ankara Bağ Evi