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Town and Mimarsinan Museum

Being put into service as a part of the Kadir Has Culture Center complex, the Town and Mimarsinan Museum consists of six floors.

There is an Information Center located on the basement and on the first floor. All the information about the city of Kayseri and Mimarsinan is presented through digital screens, rough models, productions and kiosks.

There is a café, a restaurant, a sight-seeing terrace and the executive office in the Town and Mimarsinan Museum built in the Fair area.

Fulfilling a demand in the socio-cultural area, the institution also draws the attention with its striking esthetical construction.


The Fair of Specialisation

The Fair of Specialisation will be constructed according to the project called “Build-Run-Hand Over” by the sponsorship of Kayseri Chamber of Industry and Kayseri Chamber of Commerce.
The construction is going to have an area of 11.000 m². Any kind of commercial, social and cultural activities will be realised in the Fair.

The foundation will be completed with a $4.5 billion-credit taken by the World Trade Centre. The Fair of Specialisation will be able to host a lot of National and International fairs then.


Ziya Gökalp Social Foundations


Having an indoor area of 2.500 m², Ziya Gökalp Hüsamettin Çetinbulut Social Foundations, which were named after one of the previous mayors, have been in service. The oundations contain a refectory for the poor, a carpeted-football pitch, a library, a table tennis saloon, changing rooms and showers. Taking the interest of the local people, the foundations host a lot of sports fans, especially the carpeted-football pitch serves almost the whole day. Every day, the refectory provides bread and meals for the 1 200 families who are in need of aid. Being especially the favourite of the students, the library is arranged for the bookworms.
 
With its carpeted-football pitch, its library and its refectory for the poor, the Ziya Gökalp Hüsamettin Çetinbulut Social  Foundations are in the service of the local people.

Kayseri Houses

Targeting to restore a historical building every year in order not to lose the cultural and historical frame in the city, the  Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality is having 7 old Kayseri houses in Setenönü restored.

Being the property of Erciyes University, these houses were assigned for the use of the Metropolitan Municipality for twenty years. In each of these houses, a different sort of socio-cultural function will be performed.

Having started the restoration works with an estimated cost of TL 1.500 trillion, the Kayseri houses are restored according to the traditions of Kayseri architecture and they are furnished accordingly, too.

Historical Kayseri houses, in which the traditional meals will be served and Kayseri’s culture and the music will be performed, are protected with their historical and cultural aspects.


Ahi Evran Chapel (of Dervishes)

Based on the project “ Every year, one historical building should be restored” in order to protect and to transfer the historical buildings in Kayseri to the new generations, the Chapel of Ahi Evran was restored.

The construction was furnished by the Kayseri Trades Union and it was converted into a museum. The museum is unique in Turkey and it is the first one in its category. The name of the museum is called the Museum of Tradesmen and Craftsmen.
 

Relatives of Martyrs and the House of Veterans

A two-floored old Kayseri House located in the Kiçikapı area, which is expropriated by the Metropolitan Municipality, is being restored. The building is going to be assigned to the relatives of the martyrs and the veterans. This house is going to be furnished so that the relatives of the martyrs, who have sacrificed themselves for this country, and the heroic Veterans can come together and seek solution to their problems.

Historical Fountains

A lot of historical pulpits, minarets and fountains that could easily be seen in Kayseri are restored. In this way they were prevented from being destroyed.

Fish and Offal Sellers Center

Located on the basement and on the first floor of the Kiçikapı Multi-stored Car Park, the center was built to provide the towns people fish and offal sold in cleaner and more hygienic conditions.

Having an area of 3. 200m², the site was constructed according to the project called Build-Run-Hand Over by the sponsorship of fish and offal sellers in return of a ten-year rental fund of the building. In the site, there are cellars belonging to each shop on the basement. The total number of shops in the site is 27 and there is a market, too.

Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality 2004