# 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.

## 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 |
| 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 |