Socio Economic History of Ottoman Anatolia Project

Koç University Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center and the Skiliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Newnham College, University of Cambridge agreed to start a joint three year project on the Socio-Economic History of Anatolia in the Ottoman Period.

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Periodicals Bibliography Project

The bibliography drawn up in the project to prepare the ``Bibliography of Republican Era Periodicals (based) in Ankara`` compiling the bibliographic reference details of the Ottoman Language and Turkish journals and newspapers published in Ankara in the period 1923-2014, executed by Prof. Bülent Yılmaz, a faculty member of Hacettepe University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Information Management, will be presented to VEKAM by the end of the year.

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Tourism Destination: Ankara

VEKAM will take part in and support the project ``Investigation, Feasibility Analysis and Photographing Historical, Cultural and Natural Assets of Ankara, the Tourism Destination`` by Photograph Artists Association of Ankara (AFSAD) within the framework of the Direct Support Program of Development Agency of Ankara, and will organize a panel on the project, provide links on its web site, and make project outputs accessible.

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LoCloud Project

The project ``Local Content in a Europeana Cloud``, or shortly the LoCloud, which purports to achieve ``Effective Information Management on Quality Networks`` is a project of the European Union (EU) participated by 24 EU Member states as well as 8 more partners including Iceland, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey.

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Civilian Architectural Memory of Ankara in the period 1930-1980: Research, Documentation and Conservation Measures Project

Within the framework of the 'Project for Research, Documentation and Development of Conservation Measures for Civilian Architectural Culture Heritage in Ankara in the period 1930-1980`` implemented at Başkent University, under the leadership of Assoc. Prof. Nuray Bayraktar, a faculty member of Başkent University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture, and supported by TUBITAK and VEKAM; 2 workshops titled ``Civilian Architecture in Historiography`` and ``Civilian Architecture in Conservation`` were held, and workshop results were published as books.

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Five Ankara Project

With collaboration of Koç University VEKAM and Açık Atölye The Five Ankara Project intended to touch Ankara in artistic, historical and scientific terms and It is foreseen that different life cycles that will experienced in the project will bring “Urban Consciousness” to the individuals at historical level.

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Cultural Heritage Projects for Districts of Ankara 31 March – 5 May 2013

The project is developed to promote the wealth of cultural heritage of Ankara, to maintain its existence, and to contribute to the development of social awareness about the capital.

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Orchard Houses Social History Project

Orchard Houses were a notable part of Ankara's traditional urban life by the end of the 19th and early 20th Century, and represented a tradition of ``move to the country`` as an indispensable element of the lifestyle of the day, till late 1950s. The aim of the project implemented to study the life at country houses in Keçiören and Çankaya in the early years of the Republic is to shed light on the social life of the families who experienced or witnessed life at orchard houses, and to review an important part of our social history through a glance at authentic information regarding the customs and traditions.

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Age of Reason Project

Armed with an awareness about the importance of education in terms of the development of the Republic's children and the progress of the society, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the leaders of national education established a system of education to raise generations which have analytical thought skills, awareness of history, creativity, and a constructive perspective.

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