Fifty 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

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 project Province Duration of the Project [nb 1]
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 Olimpiyat 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
  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)
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