Throughout the workshop, Ankara became both our subject and our field of research. Moving across university campuses, Ulus, Kızılay, Batıkent, Ostim, Eryaman, İncek, Oran and the Eskişehir Road corridor, and extending our investigations to Cappadocia and Konya, we explored the city and its wider regional context through morphology, mobility, public space, identity, architecture, and narrative. The programme brought together participants from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Universidad de Granada, Universidade do Porto, Universidad de Valladolid, and Universidad de Sevilla.
The workshop is directed by Prof. Rafael Reinoso Bellido, while Prof. Dr. Salah Hajismail serves as Scientific Chair and Coordinator. The Co Coordinators of the program are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekrem Bahadır Çalışkan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Karakuş. The Organizing Committee and tutors consist of Res. Asst. Büşra İnce, Res. Asst. Aslı Zeynep Doğan, and Res. Asst. Bilgesu Ünalan. Our student assistants Mehlika İrem Demirel, Talha Ulaş, and M. Baraa Sabsabi contributed throughout the programme coordination and tutoring. A particular thank you goes to our director, coordinators, the organizing committee, and the tutors.
We would like to our guest instructors from partner universities Sergio Campos Sánchez, Rodrigo Coelho, Eva Luque García, Fernando Osuna Pérez, Francisco Javier Abarca Alvarez, Celia Martínez Hidalgo, Maria Isabel Rodríguez Rojas, Doina Carter, and Mohammad Tammo.
We are grateful to our invited speakers and contributors, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Tunçer, Prof. Dr. Banu Öztürk, Ali Osman Öztürk, and Kadri Atabaş, as well as Fidanlar İnşaat , Kale Seramik , Barbaros Çin , Gökhan Çoban , Burçak Hazal Coşkuner, Erol Tekin ,TB Mühendislik Mimarlık for their contributions to the programme.
Our thanks also go to TMMOB Chamber of Architects Ankara Branch , İsmail Coşkun , Oğuzhan Bozdağ, Görkem Aytekin, and TürkSMD , Mustafa Erkan Kaçar for hosting and contributing to the seminar programme.
We also thank AYBU Rectorate, AYBU Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts for the organization and support. The program was held with the valued support of the Rector of our University, Prof. Dr. Ali Cengiz Köseoğlu; Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Abdullah Yıldız; Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts Prof. Dr. İhsan Toktaş; and Vice Deans Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Emre Dinçer and Assist. Prof. Dr. Taner Aşçı.
Finally, we thank all student participants, who have worked hard to explore and understand the city Ankara, and made this workshop bring wonderful outcomes and fruitful memories.
The workshop concluded at AYBU Esenboğa Campus with their final presentations and a poster exhibition, bringing together nine days of observations, mappings, discussions, and design research into a collective reading of Ankara.
