Venue & Accommodation
Middle East Technical University (METU) is an international
university located in Ankara. It was founded on November 15th, 1956 to
contribute to the development of Turkey and Middle East countries and
especially to train people as to create a skilled workforce in the
fields of natural and social sciences. Owing to the quality academic
education that emphasizes merit and excellence in scientific, cultural
and intellectual studies as well as owing to the accomplished and
qualified METU graduates, the University has become one of the
distinguished and respectable institutions of Turkey. Contributing to
the internationality of the university, the official language at METU is
English. Therefore, every service given in the campus can also be
maintained in English.

See the interactive METU Google Map
METU is a
pedestrian campus. It is promoted to travel within the campus on foot or
by bike. Hence, it would be a nice journey on foot since METU has a
scenic campus.
Travel & Local Info
The workshop will be held at the Cahit Arf Auditorium (M-13),
Department of Mathematics located on the METU Campus, Ankara, Turkey. Ankara,
capital city of Turkey, has its own international airport (Ankara
Esenboga International Airport). Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
is 33 km (21 miles, about 40 minutes) North East of the city centre.
Airport shuttle buses (named as Belko) to the central bus terminal
(named as ASTİ) of Ankara are available; and shuttle costs 10 Turkish
Liras (equivalently 5 EURO, see Google Currency Converter). From ASTI,
one can take a metered taxi to the METU campus (ODTU in Turkish). It
costs roughly 16 Turkish Liras (equivalently 8 EURO, see Google Currency
Converter).
Ankara
The history of Ankara and its surroundings
stretches back to the Hatti civilization of the Bronze Age. Two thousand
years before the time of Jesus, the Hittites become the dominant power
of the region, and were then followed by the Phyrgians, Lydians and
Persians. In the 3rd Century BC, a Celtic race known as the Galatians
made Ankara their capital city. The
name Ankara comes from the word 'Ancyra', which means anchor.'