Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey explained

Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey or more formally 50 works in 50 years is a list published in 2005 by the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers about fifty prestigious projects of the civil engineering in Turkey. The list has five subsections about regional development, general purpose buildings, transportation, hydrology and industrial buildings.[1]

Formation

The Chamber of Civil Engineers department of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects created the list on the 50th anniversary of the organization to enhance awareness in Turkish society about the achievements in the field of civil engineering. In line with this goal, a jury consisting of ten people from different professions, each in their field of expertise, was formed and the process of compiling, evaluating and selecting 50 works began.

On 31 August 2005, all suggestions were consolidated, a collective recommendation list was prepared and evaluation studies were started by the jury members. During the evaluations, it was adopted in principle that the works to be considered should be divided into sections of the field of expertise within the framework of the general grouping principle and that the works within the scope of all civil engineering specialization branches should be evaluated in this project.

The list

Name of the projectProvinceDuration of the Project
Railways(All over Turkey)1923–1940
Highways(All over Turkey)1948–1957
Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP)(South East Anatolia)1977–2010
Ankara Railway StationAnkara1935–1937
Mersin Halkevi BuildingMersin1944–1946
Atatürks's mausoleumAnkara1944–1953
Parliament BuildingAnkara1939–1961
Atatürk Cultural CenterIstanbul1946–1969
Faculty of Arts and SciencesIstanbul1943–1952
Middle East Technical University campusAnkara1961–1981
Gülhane Training and Research HospitalAnkara1962–1971
Ankara 19 Mayıs StadiumAnkara1934–1936
Istanbul Abdi İpekçi ArenaIstanbul1978–1989
Atatürk Olympic StadiumIstanbul1998–2001
Kızılay Emek Business CenterAnkara1959–1965
Istanbul Galleria Shopping centerIstanbul1987–1988
Istanbul İş Bankası TowersIstanbul1996–2000
Ataköy HousingIstanbul1960–1984
1992 Erzincan earthquake emergency housingErzincan1992–1993
Sivas-Erzurum RailwaySivas-Erzurum1933–1937
75th Anniversary Selatin TunnelIzmir- Aydın1990–2000
Ankara MetroAnkara1992–1997
Ankara-Sivrihisar HighwayAnkara-Eskişehir1995–2006
Kömürhan BridgeElazığ-Malatya1930–1932
Birecik BridgeŞanlıurfa-Gaziantep1951–1956
Bosphorus BridgeIstanbul1970–1973
İmrahor ViaductAnkara1992–1998
TAG Motorway ViaductGaziantep1993–1998
Manavgat BridgeAntalya1997–1999
Antalya AirportAntalya1996–1998
Atatürk AirportIstanbul1998–2000
Çubuk DamAnkara1930–1936
Elazığ1965–1974
Diyarbakır1976–1987
Atatürk Dam and Hydroelectric PlantŞanlıurfa1983–1999
Antalya1977–1984
Lower Seyhan Irrigation ProjectAdana1957–1968
Şanlıurfa Irrigation tunnelsŞanlıurfa1981–2000
Yenikapı Wastewater Pre-treatment PlantIstanbul1985–1988
Hacı Ömer Sabancı OSB Water Intake and Purifying PlantAdana1988–1991
Yeşilçay Drinking Water PlantIstanbul1997–2003
Mersin HarborMersin1954–1961
Bartın HarborBartın1960–1965
Afşin Elbistan Thermic Power PlantKahramanmaraş2000–2006
Trakya Natural Gas Power PlantKırklareli1984–1987
Kemerköy Thermic Plant exhaust gas purifying systemMuğla1998–2002
Adana (filling facility)2000–2006
İzmit Tüpraş RefineryKocaeli1960–1961
Ereğli Iron and Steel PlantZonguldak1961–1965
Petkim Petrochemical PlantIzmir1980–1985

References

  1. http://www.imo.org.tr/ekutuphane/index.php?yayinkod=1203&belgeadi=50.%20Y%FDlda%2050%20Eser HHPortal (The list of the Chambers of Civil Engineers)