Kayseri Sümerbank Cloth Factory, one of the first and largest industrial investments of the Republic of Turkey, was reconfigured as Abdullah Gül University's Sümer Campus with an innovative, environmentally friendly, sustainable and accessible design approach and opened in 2013.
Sümerbank Cloth Factory, which started production in Kayseri in 1935 and was the first industrial facility of the Republic, contributed to the economy of our country as one of the important locomotives of modernization, industrialization and development until 1999.
The factory buildings, which attract attention with their physical and architectural structure as well as their economic, social and cultural role, are shown as one of the few examples of international modern architectural movements such as Russian Constructivism and Bauhaus.
The building that used to be the power plant of the factory, which is registered and preserved as an industrial heritage, was restored by Emre Arolat Architecture and now welcomes visitors as the Abdullah Gül Presidential Museum and Library.
The museum, located in the Sümer Campus of AGU, exhibits both important memories of the history of the Republic and the belongings and life of the 11th President Abdullah Gül.
The museum, which is a digital archive, consists of 3 blocks and 9 sections on an area of 7 thousand square meters.
In the museum, where many historical documents, information and photographs are exhibited, visitors can learn about important turning points in the history of democracy. There is also a separate section in the museum dealing with the July 15 coup attempt.