Painting workshop held at Halaçlı Mehmet Ağa Mansion

Restored and brought back to the city through the cooperation of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and the Tohumluk Foundation, the Gölbaşı Halaçlı Mehmet Ağa Mansion hosted a painting workshop attended by painter Hikmet Çetinkaya.

Halaçlı Mehmet Ağa Mansion, which began hosting cultural events following restoration works on registered buildings by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, was the scene of an art gathering that attracted intense interest from citizens.

Ayça Yusufoğlu Köroğlu, Head of the Department of Culture, Arts and Social Affairs of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, stated that they established an important collaboration in Gölbaşı Halaçlı Neighborhood, noting that Ankara Heritage teams restored registered buildings, while the Ankara Culture team assigned functions to these spaces. Köroğlu recorded that their aim is to ensure the lifelong functionality of the buildings and prevent them from being condemned to decay.

Pınar Ayhan, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Tohumluk Social Solidarity, Education, Culture and Arts Foundation, expressed that with the mansion being brought back to society by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, it has transformed into a cultural space bringing together rural residents and city dwellers.

Coming together with art lovers at the event, painter Hikmet Çetinkaya shared his satisfaction with the location of the structure and the interest it received. Çetinkaya stated that dedicating the facility to the public and the art community, actively using it with exhibitions and workshops, and its adoption by the public made him very happy.