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.
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)1923–1940Highways(All over Turkey)1948–1957Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP)(South East Anatolia)1977–2010Ankara Railway StationAnkara1935–1937Mersin Halkevi BuildingMersin1944–1946Atatürks's mausoleumAnkara1944–1953Parliament BuildingAnkara1939–1961Atatürk Cultural CenterIstanbul1946–1969Faculty of Arts and SciencesIstanbul1943–1952Middle East Technical University campusAnkara1961–1981Gülhane Training and Research HospitalAnkara1962–1971Ankara 19 Mayıs StadiumAnkara1934–1936Istanbul Abdi İpekçi ArenaIstanbul1978–1989Atatürk Olympic StadiumIstanbul1998–2001Kızılay Emek Business CenterAnkara1959–1965Istanbul Galleria Shopping centerIstanbul1987–1988Istanbul İş Bankası TowersIstanbul1996–2000Ataköy HousingIstanbul1960–19841992 Erzincan earthquake emergency housingErzincan1992–1993Sivas-Erzurum RailwaySivas-Erzurum1933–193775th Anniversary Selatin TunnelIzmir- Aydın1990–2000Ankara MetroAnkara1992–1997Ankara-Sivrihisar HighwayAnkara-Eskişehir1995–2006Kömürhan BridgeElazığ-Malatya1930–1932Birecik BridgeŞanlıurfa-Gaziantep1951–1956Bosphorus BridgeIstanbul1970–1973İmrahor ViaductAnkara1992–1998TAG Motorway ViaductGaziantep1993–1998Manavgat BridgeAntalya1997–1999Antalya AirportAntalya1996–1998Atatürk AirportIstanbul1998–2000Çubuk DamAnkara1930–1936 Keban Dam and Hydroelectric Plant Elazığ1965–1974Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Plant Diyarbakır1976–1987Atatürk Dam and Hydroelectric PlantŞanlıurfa1983–1999Oymapınar Dam and Hydroelectric Plant Antalya1977–1984Lower Seyhan Irrigation ProjectAdana1957–1968Şanlıurfa Irrigation tunnelsŞanlıurfa1981–2000Yenikapı Wastewater Pre-treatment PlantIstanbul1985–1988Hacı Ömer Sabancı OSB Water Intake and Purifying PlantAdana1988–1991Yeşilçay Drinking Water PlantIstanbul1997–2003Mersin HarborMersin1954–1961Bartın HarborBartın1960–1965Afşin Elbistan Thermic Power PlantKahramanmaraş2000–2006Trakya Natural Gas Power PlantKırklareli1984–1987Kemerköy Thermic Plant exhaust gas purifying systemMuğla1998–2002Baku-Tiflis-Ceyhan pipeline and Yumurtalık terminal Adana (filling facility)2000–2006İzmit Tüpraş RefineryKocaeli1960–1961Ereğli Iron and Steel PlantZonguldak1961–1965Petkim Petrochemical PlantIzmir1980–1985
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