Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum

This article is about the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Ankara. For its namesake in İstanbul, see Rahmi M. Koç Museum.

Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum
Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi

Established	2005
Location	Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates	39°56′15″N 32°59′50″E / 39.93750°N 32.99722°E / 39.93750; 32.99722
Type	Technology
Director	Tunç Koyuncu
President	Rahmi M. Koç
Website	www.rmk-museum.org

The Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum (Turkish: Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi) is a technology museum in Ankara, Turkey.^[1]

Geography

The museum is in the old quarters of Ankara known as historical Atpazarı (literally: Horse market) facing the historical Ankara Citadel. It is at an altitude of 950 metres (3,120 ft) slightly higher than the rest of the city.

History

The museum is situated in a historical inn (Turkish: han) called Çengelhan (literally: Hooks inn). According to an inscription on the main gate, the inn had been built in 1523 during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I. Later, it was used as a warehouse of mohair, which was a speciality of Ankara. During the Republican era, it was owned by the General Directorate of Foundations of Turkey. In 2003, it was rented to industrialist Rahmi M. Koç to be used as a museum. After a restoration period, it was put in service in 2005.

The museum

The lower floor is reserved for a carpet gallery, agricultural machinery and pharmaceutical exhibits. Various machines, medicine, everyday life tools and road transport vehicles are exhibited in the ground floor. A brasserie is also at the ground floor. The upper floor hosts sections of rail transport items, toys, communications, scientific instruments, maritime and navigation. There are also sections about Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey; Vehbi Koç, Rahmi Koç's father and one of the first industrialists of Turkey, and Ankara city.^[2]

References

↑ Museum page
↑ Museum guide, (Rahmi M.Koç Müzesi-Çengelhan)

Museums in Turkey

Aegean Region

Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Atatürk's House (Şuhut) Aydın Archaeological Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Çamlık Railway Museum İnciraltı Sea Museum İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum Izmir Ethnography Museum İzmir Toy Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology Victory Museum

Black Sea Region

Baksı Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Hagia Sophia, Trabzon Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region

Marmara Region

Bursa Archaeological Museum Kırklareli Museum Namık Kemal House Museum Rákóczi Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Adana Archaeology Museum Adana Cinema Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Atatürk Museum Adana Ethnography Museum Antalya Museum Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya) Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Mersin Museum Mersin Atatürk Museum Mersin Naval Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum

Koç family

Parents	Vehbi Koç: 1901–1996 Sadberk Koç: 1908–1973

Children	Semahat Sevim Arsel 1928 Rahmi Koç 1930 Sevgi Gönül 1938–2003 Suna Kıraç 1941

Notable grandchildren	Mustafa Vehbi Koç: 1960–2016 Mehmet Ömer Koç: 1962 Ali Yıldırım Koç: 1967

Major companies	Koç Holding Arçelik Aygaz Divan Group Otokar Opet Otosan Tofaş Tüpraş Yapı ve Kredi Bankası

Social and cultural institutions	Vehbi Koç Foundation Koç School Koç University Sadberk Hanım Museum Rahmi M. Koç Museum Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum Pera Museum

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