Museums in Turkey
Middle East Technical University Classic Car Exhibition
The Middle East Technical University hosts a classic car exhibition at its Society and Science Application and Research Center. Displayed vehicles include a replica of the Devrim, the first automobile designed and produced in Turkey. In addition to classic cars from numerous brands like Chevrolet, Pontiac, Citroen, Mercedes, and Anadol, therare also a few classic BMW motorcycles too.
Antalaya Car Museum
Converted from the cotton warehouse of the old Weaving Factory, the museum opened its doors to visitors on May 19, 2022, on Atatürk Commemoration, Youth and Sports Day. It is located in a 2,800-square-meter area, houses a total of 70 vehicles.
ESBAŞ Technology Center
The "ESBAŞ Technology Center" is a conference and event facility within the Aegean Free Zone in İzmir, Turkey, managed by ESBAŞ (Aegean Free Zone Development and Operating Company). It has a small classic car collection, which can be viewed during conferences.
Keskinoğlu Classic Automobile Museum
Keskinoğlu is the largest Turkish egg producer as well as a leading poultry meat producer in Turkey. The family has been collecting cars since the 1970s and set up this museum to house the collection
Key Museum
The main collection of the Key Museum, which is built on an area of 7000 square meters, consists of 75 classic cars and 40 classic motorcycles. Apart from these, the museum includes 2550 model cars, 300 automobile mascots (bonnet emblem), and a Shell Gas Station created with original equipment collected from the early 1900s to the 1960s.
Rahmi M Koç Museum
The Rahmi M Koç Museum is the first major museum in Turkey dedicated to the history of Transport, Industry and Communications. Housed in magnificent buildings - themselves prime examples of industrial archaeology - on the shore of the historic Golden Horn, the collection contains thousands of items from gramophone needles to full size ships and aircraft. From 1753 horse carriage to 1976 Daimler Limousine: from tiny children's' bicycles to a huge Magirus-Deutz fire engine: the Road Transport department illustrates the history and variety of road transport through the ages.
Tofaş Bursa Museum of Anatolian Carriages
The Tofaş factory museum focuses on horse-drawn carriages, but there's a selection of Tofas-built automobiles as well, starting with the Murat 124 from 1971
TÜRASAŞ Revolutionary Cars Museum
TÜLOMSAŞ was a locomotive and wagon builder in Turkey, which was the main locomotive supplier of the Turkish State Railways. It has also developed the Devrim, the first Turkish national car in the 1960s. In 2018 a company museum was set up. In 2020 TÜLOMSAŞ and other local railway manufacturers united. The new entity is called TÜRASAŞ, which kept the museum open.
Ural Ataman Classic Car Museum
Ural Ataman's private museum occupies a 2000 sqm land and shows about 50 classic cars.
UPDATE October 2025: The museum is temporarily closed due to renovations.