Vehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM)

The Vehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM) is situated in the orchard house belonging to Vehbi Koç in Keçiören, one of the last remaining orchard houses in the city.

Mission

VEKAM's activities based on Vehbi Koç's principles of patriotism, modernism, productivity, efficiency, quality, creativity and success. The center is focused mainly on to bring together visual and textual documents on Vehbi Koç and Ankara by classifying these documents convinient to scientific methods and techniques of information and document management and to put into service of researchers. VEKAM contributes to scientific research ,embraces and supports research of high-quality on Ankara and its environs. The center aims to become the first source of reference for all researchers on Ankara in the world.

Vision

To be the first starting point of research on Vehbi Koç , Ankara and its environs and take part between the esteemed research centers by its research and projects in the field of urban works.
VEKAM is urban memory of Ankara. Regarding to Ankara VEKAM archive includes

• Photographs and postcards
• Documents
• Maps and plans
• Films
• Ankara folk music records

VEKAM library includes

• Annuals
• Almanacs
• Encyclopedia and guides
• Native and foreign novels
• Memories of the diplomats who served in Ankara.
• Publications about Ankara's history, culture, economy and architecture
• Itineraries
• Theses on Ankara
• Reports that are published by local governments and professional chambers
• Local and international periodicals