article.page.titleprefix A Close Examination of Ankara’s Reinforced Concrete Buildings Designed and Constructed between 1923 and 1938
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2023-01
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Buildings
Abstract
The Republic of Turkey was established in 1923 out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire. Between 1923 and 1938, the Turkish republic underwent fifteen years of rapid expansion and growth, with Ankara as its new capital and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) as its first president. During this period, reinforced concrete (RC) played a significant role in the construction of Ankara’s public-use buildings. This study focuses on 57 of these structures, built either partially, or entirely, out of RC. The buildings are classified with respect to their duration, soil properties, foundation types, structural design details, construction types, materials and overall costs. In order to provide a better picture of the time period in which these buildings were designed and constructed, the technical, financial and political aspects of the projects, and the difficulties and challenges involved in their design and construction, are also discussed. Furthermore, this study outlines the impact of foreign engineers, construction workers, firms and the educational system on the development of civil engineering and use of RC in Turkey.
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Open Access, Published by Buildings, https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010046, Gokhan Tunc, Department of Civil Engineering, Atilim University, 06830 Ankara, Turkey, Tanfer Emin Tunc, Department of American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
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Reinforced concrete buildings; public-use buildings; Ankara; Turkey; early republican period
Citation
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/1888