Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey
Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey or more formally 50 works in 50 years is the name of a list published by the Chamber of Civil Engineers in Turkey about 50 prestigious projects of the civil engineering in Turkey. The list has five subsections about regional development, general purpose buildings, transportation, hydrology and industrial buildings.
Name of the project | Province | Duration of the Project |
Railways | 1923–1940 | |
Highways | 1948–1957 | |
GAP | 1977–2010 | |
Ankara Railway Station | Ankara | 1935–1937 |
Mersin Halkevi Building | Mersin | 1944–1946 |
Anıtkabir | Ankara | 1944–1953 |
TBMM Building | Ankara | 1939–1961 |
AKM | İstanbul | 1946–1969 |
Faculty of Arts and Sciences | İstanbul | 1943–1952 |
ODTÜ | Ankara | 1961–1981 |
GATA | Ankara | 1962–1971 |
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium | Ankara | 1934–1936 |
İstanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena | İstanbul | 1978–1989 |
İstanbul Atatürk Olympic Stadium | İstanbul | 1998–2001 |
Kızılay Emek Business Center | Ankara | 1959–1965 |
İstanbul Galleria Shopping center | İstanbul | 1987–1988 |
İstanbul İş Bankası Towers | İstanbul | 1996–2000 |
Ataköy Housing | İstanbul | 1960–1984 |
1992 Erzincan earthquake emergency housing | Erzincan | 1992–1993 |
Sivas-Erzurum Railway | Sivas-Erzurum | 1933–1937 |
75th Anniversary Selatin Tunnel | İzmir- 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 | İstanbul | 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 | İstanbul | 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 | İstanbul | 1985–1988 |
Hacı Ömer Sabancı OSB Water Intake and Purifying Plant | Adana | 1988–1991 |
Yeşilçay Drinking Water Plant | İstanbul | 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 |
BTC pipeline and Yumurtalık terminal | Adana | 2000–2006 |
İzmit Tüpraş Refinery | Kocaeli | 1960–1961 |
Ereğli Iron and Steel Plant | Zonguldak | 1961–1965 |
Petkim Petrochemical Plant | İzmir | 1980–1985 |