The Evaluation of Functional and Visual Changes in the Atapark (Trabzon)

Abstract

The idea of modernity as to architecture and urban planning entered with the acts of foreign architects in Turkey. Despite eighteenth and nineteenth century, In the 20th century, recreational gardens or practical gardens were created because gardens had responsible for meeting new needs which arising with the multiplicity of urban residents. In this period, parks in city of Trabzon turned into a topic which fully discusses the media. At first, “Atapark” was located in a public cemetery near the city center and then it became the most important park of the 20th century built in city of Trabzon. Atapark has been changed over time in every aspects and the analysis of this changes is the main purpose of this research as an interpretative - historical research. The interpretation is Medicare composed of three stages included; the data collection, organization, and evaluation. By putting together the date of events, rational interpretation, and connecting events together, it is derived complete history of the park finally. As a result, in the first years, Atapark was a green space which led people to enter the mosque. Over time, it became the park with its actual true meaning and function. The main aim of this research is to indicate and substantiate various factors which can influence in creating, changing forms, and using spaces of a park, in particular. In creation of this park, sociopolitical issues have had fundamental impacts and over time the park has undergone culture and needs of visitors. In this research, it is tried to illustrate how much important is process of designing which designers might give less attention to.

Keywords: Atapark, Mosque of Gülbahar Hatun, Imaret cemetery, Modernity in Trabzon