Evaluation of Reuse of Isparta-Egirdir Railway Line for Tourism Purposes


KEPENEK E., HAŞTEMOĞLU H. Ş.

1st. International Architectural Sciences and Applications Symposium, Isparta, Türkiye, 27 Ekim 2021, ss.890-898

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Isparta
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.890-898
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

XIX. century's economic history was determined with the British Industrial Revolution and its politics and ideology by the French Revolution. One of the important possibilities of this process is railways. The railway revolution in Western Europe becomes the main tool that enables the transition of economic and social organization from agricultural to industrial. However, in this period, the Ottoman Empire did not have the technological and economic infrastructure to build the new transportation system. The construction and operation of the railway is given to foreign companies as a concession. For example, the first railway of Anatolia is built by a British company between İzmir and Aydın. The line was later extended to Keçiborlu for sulfur mine, Baladiz for rose oil, Kuleönü for carpet and Eğirdir for seafood. The construction of the line took 6 years and the railway reached Eğirdir in 1912. In this period, the development of railway activities by giving concessions to foreign companies prevented the formation of an integrated line structure in Anatolia. Tree-type line structure was formed from the ports in the coastal areas to the market and production areas in the interior. This type is not suitable for business administration. For this reason, the Isparta- Egirdir line, which lost its importance in the Republican period, has completely lost its importance since the 1980s and has been closed for use. The line between Eğirdir and Isparta city center, which has an important tourism potential today, is suitable for organizing nostalgic steam train services. Kuleönü and Eğirdir stations, which are out of use on the line, are remarkable in terms of reuse for tourism purposes. In this study, the Isparta-Egirdir railway line and the idle building stock will be evaluated in terms of tourism potential and sustainability, and usage suggestions will be developed.