AN EXAMINATION OVER THE TRAIN STATION BUILDINGS OF CAPITAL CITY OF TURKEY IN THE CONTEXT OF PRESERVATION AND RE-FUNCTIONING OF THE HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT: GAZİ PAŞA STATION

Abstract

Reminding the importance that is not given preciously by the users or government to the historical environment, this study tells about the significances and historical or situational meanings of the buildings. When it is taken into consideration that the railways of the Turkish Republic are important in the history of it while the Republic was founding in 1920’s, the founder of Turkish Republic, Gazi Mustafa Kemal, wanted Ankara to be the capital city of Turkey, despite its geographical and financial insufficiencies, he believed that, the heart of the country must be these not yet fully developed lands. In the history of Turkish Republic, the architecture was also affected by the changing regime and nationalistic attitude besides all economical, political and social changes. One of the ideas of Gazi was to build railways, because the country needed to stand on and rehabilitate its economical conditions, so that, station buildings also carried much importance. These buildings have to be paid more attention and awareness in the manner of preservation of them, because architecture is a gadget which counts and shows the time with buildings. It is aimed to narrate that, one of the most important station buildings of Early Republic Period of Turkey; Gazi Paşa Station is analyzed in respect to boost the awareness of preservation of historical buildings.