Cumhuri̇yet’i̇n Önemli̇ Bi̇r Sanayi̇ Yatirimi Olarak Kocaeli̇ Seka Örneği̇ Ve Gelecek İçi̇n Öneri̇ler

Abstract

The project of modernity, which started in the last period of the Ottoman Empire, turned into a planned action in the country with the Republic of Turkey. In this context, within the project of modernity, planned development for economic independence and the development of industry were given importance. The İzmir Economy Congress (1927) and the First Five-Year Industry Plan (1934) ensured the realization of industrial investments in this process. These investments were seen as the elements that sustain the revolutions and the basic requirements for economic/social development and were realized by the state. As one of the first steps in the modernization process of the country, the Kocaeli SEKA Paper Factory area is a concrete example where the stages of this process can be followed.With the global crisis in the second half of the 20th century, the service sector began to become a predominant sector in industrial cities. Industrial areas, which used to be located in city centers in the past, started to be decentralized towards the periphery. In this process, production areas in city centers began to lose their usability in terms of both location and production due to technological obsolescence. With its locations covering large areas in city centers, it has become attractive in terms of new uses. The need to maintain these areas, which are also important in terms of urban history, except for their original functions, but maintaining the value created by the original function, has revealed the concept of industrial heritage.After the transfer of the SEKA area, whose functioning ended, to the municipality in 2005, it was aimed to reuse. This area, which is important for the history of the city, needs 2 The article was developed by using the data of the study titled "The Establishment Story of an Industrial Structure: Urban Memory-The Case of SEKA" conducted by Filiz AY under the consultancy of Prof. Dr. Sibel ECEMİŞ KILIÇ and Assoc. Dr. Mercan EFE GÜNEY, within the scope of the PLN 4122 Urban Planning Project VI course in Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Architecture, City and Regional Planning Education Program in 2020.