Büyükçekmece Bridge
Büyükçekmece Bridge

Büyükçekmece Bridge

  • CLIENT

  • General Directorate of Highways

  • TEAM

  • Architectural Conservation:

    Umut Bilgiç, Serkan Songur, Merve Çolak Gözener, Gözde Yıldız, Firdevs Gülcen, Zeynep Akgül, Merve Gökcü, Oğuz Bostancı, Sefa Er, A. Yasin Eginligil

  • CONSULTANTS

  • Architectural Conservation:

    Prof. Dr. Oğuz Ceylan [Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University]

    History of Architecture:

    Dr. Leyla Etyemez Çıplak [Çankaya University]

    Engineering:

    Structural – Prof. Dr. Alper İlki, Prof. Dr. Recep İyisan, Doç. Dr. İsmail Hakkı Aksoy, Dr. Cem Demir [İstanbul Technical University]

    Building Material Analysis:

    Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ömer Dabanlı [Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University]

    Geophysics:

    Prof. Dr. Cahit Çağlar Yalçıner [Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University]

The construction of the Büyükçekmece (Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) Bridge, which is located in the Büyükçekmece district of İstanbul, started to be constructed during the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent and was completed in the period of II. Selim (1567-1568 years). The architect of the building is Mimar Sinan. The structure is a fascinating engineering work where four bridges inclined in two directions are connected to each other on three islands built by using large rubble stones located in the lake.

The project includes Documentation – Problem Analysis, Georadar Measurements, Material Analysis, Historical Research – Restitution, Civil Engineering – Structural Analysis and Strengthening, Intervention Decisions – Restoration, Landscape Design and Lighting projects.

Büyükçekmece Bridge - Location

General View of the Bridge

Upstream View of the Bridge

Inscription Panel of the Bridge

Inscription Panel of the Bridge

Site Plan of the Bridge (Ottoman Archive)

Elevations of the Bridge (Ottoman Archive)