Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey

A list of civil engineering feats in Turkey

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

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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

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Name of the project  | Province  | Duration of the Project [nb 1]

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Railways | (All over Turkey)  | 1923–1940
Highways | (All over Turkey)  | 1948–1957
Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) | (South East Anatolia)  | 1977–2010
Ankara Railway Station | Ankara | 1935–1937
Mersin Halkevi Building | Mersin | 1944–1946
Atatürks's mausoleum | Ankara  | 1944–1953
Parliament Building | Ankara  | 1939–1961
Atatürk Cultural Center | Istanbul | 1946–1969
Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Istanbul  | 1943–1952
Middle East Technical University campus | Ankara  | 1961–1981
Gülhane Training and Research Hospital | Ankara  | 1962–1971
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | Ankara  | 1934–1936
Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena | Istanbul  | 1978–1989
Atatürk Olympic Stadium | Istanbul  | 1998–2001
Kızılay Emek Business Center | Ankara  | 1959–1965
Istanbul Galleria Shopping center | Istanbul  | 1987–1988
Istanbul İş Bankası Towers | Istanbul  | 1996–2000
Ataköy Housing | Istanbul  | 1960–1984
1992 Erzincan earthquake emergency housing | Erzincan | 1992–1993
Sivas-Erzurum Railway | Sivas-Erzurum | 1933–1937
75th Anniversary Selatin Tunnel | Izmir- Aydın | 1990–2000
Ankara Metro | Ankara  | 1992–1997
Ankara-Sivrihisar Highway | Ankara-Eskişehir | 1995–2006
Kömürhan Bridge | Elazığ-Malatya | 1930–1932
Birecik Bridge | Şanlıurfa-Gaziantep | 1951–1956
Bosphorus Bridge | Istanbul  | 1970–1973
İmrahor Viaduct | Ankara  | 1992–1998
TAG Motorway Viaduct | Gaziantep  | 1993–1998
Manavgat Bridge | Antalya | 1997–1999
Antalya Airport | Antalya  | 1996–1998
Atatürk Airport | Istanbul  | 1998–2000
Çubuk Dam | Ankara  | 1930–1936
Keban Dam and Hydroelectric Plant | Elazığ  | 1965–1974
Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Plant | Diyarbakır | 1976–1987
Atatürk Dam and Hydroelectric Plant | Şanlıurfa  | 1983–1999
Oymapınar Dam and Hydroelectric Plant | Antalya  | 1977–1984
Lower Seyhan Irrigation Project | Adana | 1957–1968
Şanlıurfa Irrigation tunnels | Şanlıurfa  | 1981–2000
Yenikapı Wastewater Pre-treatment Plant | Istanbul  | 1985–1988
Hacı Ömer Sabancı OSB Water Intake and Purifying Plant | Adana  | 1988–1991
Yeşilçay Drinking Water Plant | Istanbul  | 1997–2003
Mersin Harbor | Mersin  | 1954–1961
Bartın Harbor | Bartın | 1960–1965
Afşin Elbistan Thermic Power Plant | Kahramanmaraş | 2000–2006
Trakya Natural Gas Power Plant | Kırklareli | 1984–1987
Kemerköy Thermic Plant exhaust gas purifying system  | Muğla | 1998–2002
Baku-Tiflis-Ceyhan pipeline and Yumurtalık terminal | Adana (filling facility)  | 2000–2006
İzmit Tüpraş Refinery | Kocaeli | 1960–1961
Ereğli Iron and Steel Plant | Zonguldak | 1961–1965
Petkim Petrochemical Plant | Izmir  | 1980–1985

## References

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1. ^ In cases of projects with multiple stages, only the first stage is shown

1. ^ HHPortal (The list of the Chambers of Civil Engineers) (in Turkish)