Project Title: Digital Transformation and Open Access Project for the Map and Plan Documentation Unit

Duration: 18 months

Start Date: November 4, 2025

Project Lead: Emine Yetişkul Şenbil

Researchers: Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, Selen Karadoğan, Zeynep Buket Üstün Kurt, H. Eren Efeoğlu

Objective

This project aims to preserve institutional memory and establish a strong resource for research on the history of planning education in Türkiye through the digitization, classification, and open access provision of the archive of the Map and Plan Documentation Unit (HPBB).

At the same time, it seeks to enhance the visibility of the pioneering role of Middle East Technical University in the field of urban planning, as the university celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2026, and to make this unique body of knowledge accessible to a wider public beyond academia.

The project specifically focuses on digitizing significant documents that shed light on the planning processes of Ankara and other cities in Türkiye, and making them accessible through digital archives.

Within the scope of the project, approximately 2,500 materials—including documents, plans, maps, and photographs—belonging to the Map and Plan Documentation Unit of the Department of City and Regional Planning will be digitized and made available as open access resources for students and researchers. 

Project Title: Restructuring Project of the Map Information Center, Faculty of Architecture

Duration: 12 months

Start Date: December 2003

Project Lead: Çağatay Keskinok

Researchers: Olgu Çalışkan, Zeynep Aktuna

Project Title: Inventory Digitization Project - BAP

Start Date: 2005

Project Lead: Çağatay Keskinok, Olgu Çalışkan

Researchers: Ahmet Polat, Berk Kesim