The re-evaluation of the İstanbul-Süleymaniye district and architectural design proposals

Süleymaniye region has been one of the central regions in Historical Peninsula, in which the commercial, educational, employment and housing functions exists densely from past till now. However, the region, which is influenced by the urban revitalization process, is becoming each day, a region serving commerce-manufacturing-storing sectors. The regional users are not using monumental civil architectural remains, on the contrary, each day facing a strong destruction and becoming to disappear. By this means, in order to relive and regain the Süleymaniye Region to the public, in this thesis, the region is studied and in this direction, a concept is created, the positive and negative factors, which will be brought to the region by this concept, are argued. This thesis prepared in this point of view includes four chapters. In the first chapter; the importance, the formation and the states in the historical development process of the Historical Peninsula-the most important center of Istanbul, and the Süleymaniye Region in this center, are examined. In the second chapter; The Süleymaniye Region's involving functions from past till now, land use of the region, the economical works existing in the region and the inhabitants motions of the region are studied. In the third chapter, evaluations on the protection improvement plans prepared for the Süleymaniye Region are made. In the fourth chapter; as a result of the studies and evaluations made, the functions that the region is in need, are stated out, and in order to realize this, a new functional usage proposal to the İ.M.Ç. Blocks, is made.Keywords: protection improvement plans, Süleymaniye, Urban Revitalization