Elazığ Culture Park Explained

Elazığ Culture Park
Alt Name:Elazığ Kültür Park
Location:Elazığ, Turkey
Coords:38.6713°N 39.2038°W
Area:24.5ha
Designer:Günay Erdem, Serpil Öztekin Erdem
Operator:Elaziğ Municipality

Elazığ Culture Park (Turkish: Elazığ Kültür Park) is a public park in Elazığ, a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The park is counted as one of the largest parks in the region.

Geography

The 24.5ha park is at the eastern part of the center of Elazığ. Its altitude is 1060m (3,480feet). It is surrounded by City Stadium to the west, Zafran Mesire Alanı to the north, 8th General Directorate of High Ways to the east and, Olgunlar District to the south.

History

During the early years of the Turkey, the site was used as a city nursery. As the growth of the city of Elazığ step by step site surrounded by the high density residential buildings. At 2010 Municipality of Elazığ took the site and established Elazığ Culture Park [1] and opened to the public on 29 May 2015, the Conquest Day of İstanbul.[2] [3]

Design

Designers of Elazığ Culture Park are world known Turkish architect Günay Erdem together with famous Turkish landscape architects Serpil Öztekin Erdem and Sunay Erdem.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Elazığ Municipality News. tr.
  2. Web site: Elazığ Governorship. tr. 2015-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150617214807/http://www.elazig.gov.tr/h4982-kultur-park-ve-yasam-merkezi-acildi.html. 2015-06-17. dead.
  3. Web site: Facebook/kulturparkelazig. tr.
  4. Web site: Architecture and Landscape Architecture. tr.