Nisan 2009 - Türkiye Seyahat Acentaları Birliği

The china building built by architectVedat Tek between 1915-1917and the Haydarpaşa Pier whichhave always been included in thephotographs constituted an integralpart of the historical train station.Is modification orconversion very close?This historical building has been veryfrequently in the agenda for variousprojects such as five-star hotel,shopping mall, marina and ship port,business center or skyscraper andtherefore it causes big discussionsbetween scientific circumstancesand NGOs. Although the future ofthis historical building is unknownto us, the chinas, doors, arches andespecially the Gar Restaurant whichhas been hosting guests for manyyears with its unchanged decorationare still going on living...(www.kultur.gov.tr website andencyclopedic sources were used for theinformation given in this article.)Soldan sağa: HaydarpaşaGarı’nın sahili, Sirkeci Garılokantası, Haydarpaşa Garılokantası, Sirkeci Garı’nındış cephesi ve trenlerdenbir görünümFrom left to right: the shoreof Haydarpaşa CentralStation, the restaurant atSirkeci Central Station, therestaurant at HaydarpaşaCentral Station, the exteriorfaçade of Sirkeci CentralStation and a view from thetrainsDeğişim kapıda mı?Son yıllarda beş yıldızlı otel,alışveriş merkezi, yat vekruvaziyer limanı, iş merkeziya da gökdelen gibi çeşitliprojelerle gündeme gelen tarihiyapı, bilimsel çevreler ve siviltoplum örgütleri arasında büyüktartışmalara yol açıyor. Tarihiyapının akıbeti henüz bilinmiyor,ama taş duvarların arkasındakiçiniler, kapılar, kemerler, hele deyıllardır değişmeyen dekoruylahizmet vermeye devam eden GarLokantası, bu yüzyılın dışındaymışgibi sessizce sürdürüyoryaşamını...(Haberde yer alan bilgilerde, www.kultur.gov.tr sitesi ile ansiklopedik kaynaklardanyararlanılmıştır.)same name. Italian stonemasons alsoworked along with German masonsduring the construction phase ofthe project which was made by twoGermans named Otto Ritter andHelmuth Conu.A part of the building was damagedwhen the ammunition in thestorehouse exploded in the yearsof World War I, however it wasrestored. A second disaster camein 1979. The heat emitting fromthe flames of a tanker namedIndependente which exploded offthe coast of Haydarpaşa damagedthe leaded glasses and thereforea second restoration was madeincluding the facade walls andtowers.Haydarpaşa Garı’nın dış cephesinden bir detay, gar ve vapur iskelelerinin aşağıdangörünüşü ve altta Sirkeci GarıA detail from the exterior façade of Haydarpaşa Central Station, the view of the trainstation and boat quays from below and Sirkeci Central Station situated below24 TÜRSAB DERGİ | NİSAN 2009NİSAN 2009 | TÜRSAB DERGİ 25