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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.

Klasik Otomobil Sergisi

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.

Antalya Araba Müzesi

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.

Esbaş Teknoloji Merkezi

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.

Key Museum

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.

Rahmi M Koç Museum

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.

TÜRASAŞ Devrim Arabaları Müzesi