RAHMI KOÅ INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM (RAHMI KOÇ MÜZESI)

It is a private museum born of the will of Mr. Rahmi Koç, son of the founder and powerful industrial, Mr. Vehbi Koç (1901-1996). The Koç family is one of the best known in the country, with Sabancı (the SON we see everywhere). It is almost impossible to find a Turkish who does not know it. As for the museum, he has elected a home in a historic building, the Lengerhane, which serves as a main building, while an exhibit room is attached to it by a transparent ramp. Probably built in the time of Ahmed III, the building was a foundry and produced essentially marine anchors, hence its name De literally meaning in Turkish «house of anchors». Restored under Selim III, the building was then made available, after the proclamation of the Republic, to the State monopoly for tobacco and alcohol. Devastated by a fire in 1984, it was acquired by the Museology Koç Museology and Culture Foundation, restored and opened to the public on 13 December 1994.

The majority of the Museum's objects were selected from the private collection of the Rahmi Koç industry. These are genuine scientific, mechanical and industrial machinery, tools and objects, or their models. In 2001, the museum acquired a 93 m long submarine. Originally from Portsmouth Shipyard (1944), he served at the end of the Second World War and was transferred to the Turkish army in 1971. His visit is arranged according to the schedule displayed at the entrance. It is useful to note that the site is private, we can organize visits, provided that it is a group of at least 10 people.