SELJUKIDE and OTTOMAN WATER WORKS in TURKEY Em.Prof.Dr. Ünal ÖZİŞ Prof.Dr. Yalçın ARISOY Asst.Prof.Dr. Ahmet ALKAN Dr. Yalçın ÖZDEMİR Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
HYDRAULIC WORKS FROM SELJUKIDE PERIOD (11.-14.cent.AD) Faruk dam near Van h= 12 m Water-mill canal through Haburman bridge at Çermik
HYDRAULIC WORKS FROM OTTOMAN PERIOD (14. – early 20.cent.) Avasköy, h = 10 m Halkalı water conveyances to İstanbul (16 systems from 1450's to 1750's) L.total= 500 km Süleymaniye
Taşlımüsellim water conveyance to Edirne (1530's - 1570's) L= 50 km Yedigöz h= 20 m
Kırkçeşme (1560’s) L=55 km Başhavuz D = 16 & 8 m
Historical documents Nakkaş Osman (1580) Kırkçeşme 16.century
Uzun L=710 m Eğri H=35 m Major aqueducts Mağlova H=35 m Güzelce H=32 m
Water conveyances at Üsküdar in İstanbul (16 – 19. cent.) Water (balance) tower (Su terazisi)
Taksim water conveyance to İstanbul (1730’s) L=23 km Büyükdere L=400 m Taksim
Ottoman dams in İstanbul (1620-1839) Topuzlu (1750, 1786) H= 16 m Ayvat (1765) H= 15 m
Topuz (1620), h= 10 m Valide (1796), L = 104 m Yeni (1839), h= 17 m
Some other ottoman water works Vezirağa - İzmir Tarsus (1902) Some other ottoman water works Beyşehir (1908) Gediz – diversion (19.cent.)