In 1967, Rector Kemal Kurdaş gave a speech at the opening ceremony of Eminlik Village Secondary School

In the summer period, METU Faculty of Architecture students were going to the rural areas and building the buildings they designed there. These structures include the Atkaracalar high school and the Eminlik Village Şehit Yıldıray Kılınç Secondary School in the Ulukışla district of Niğde.