Kahramanlar Business Center

Kahramanlar Business Center (Turkish: Kahramanlar İş Merkezi), originally known between 1959 and 2015 as Emek Business Center (Turkish: Emek İşhanı), is a 24 storey highrise building at Kızılay Square in Ankara, Turkey.

[1] The building was commissioned by the Emekli Sandığı (Pension Fund, abbreviated as Emek) bound to the Social Security Administration of Turkey, and was built between 1959 and 1965 as a revenue generating property.

[2] The architects were Enver Tokay and İlhan Tayman, and the statics engineer was Yusuf Berdan.

[2] It was one of the first International Style highrise buildings in Turkey, and the first with a glass curtain wall facade.

Construction works temporarily stopped due to the 1960 coup d'état, which delayed the completion and opening date to 1965.

Kahramanlar Business Center (1959–1965) at Kızılay Square in Ankara was one of the first International Style highrise buildings in Turkey.
Another view of Kahramanlar Business Center (1959–1965) at Kızılay Square in central Ankara.