The Ankara Rahmi M. Koç Museum sits directly opposite the main gate of Ankara castle and opened in 2005. It is the city's first industrial museum, and it occupies two historic buildings: the Çengelhan and the Safranhan.
The Çengelhan was built in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent and is one of the rare buildings in this quarter to have stayed standing and kept its original character. It also housed the shop Vehbi Koç, founder of Koç Holding, used in his first years in business. Restoration between 2003 and 2005 rebuilt it faithfully, and in April 2005 it opened as a museum under the Rahmi M. Koç Museology and Culture Foundation. The Safranhan, built in 1511, served as a typical Anatolian caravanserai; it was used as a prison in the last years of the Ottoman state and the first years of the Republic, and after restoration lasting until 2016 it opened as an extension of the museum.
The collection runs from small models through steam engines to classic cars. Across 32 rooms it holds more than four thousand objects setting out the history of one industry after another — shipping, road transport, aviation, medicine. The museum is close to the city centre, just above the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, with parking nearby; the address is Necatibey Cad., Depo Sokak No: 1, Altındağ.
Getting there
- Access
- The museum is very close to the city centre, directly opposite the main gate of Ankara Citadel and just above the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations; there are car parks nearby. By minibus, take any minibus to the Ulus hospitals district, get off at Hacettepe Hospital, pass in front of Altındağ municipality and follow the museum signs up Koyunpazarı Yokuşu, or take a taxi. By bus, take any bus to Ulus, get off at Ulus Meydanı and walk up Hisar Caddesi towards the citadel. By metro, get off at Ulus and do the same.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Ankara as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 23.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (52 mm) and lightest in August (13 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
