Evaluation of Tekirdağ Süleymanpaşa district coastli̇ne in terms of pedestrian areas planning and desing principles

Coastal areas are among the most preferred areas with their natural, socio-cultural and economic potentials. As a result of this preference, it has been become the center of intensive use from past to present. The rapid increase in the population, the fact that the whole society, especially pedestrians, being have the opportunity to use the coastal areas, increased the importance of the coasts even more over time however, the coast has started to suffer damage and face incorrect planning over time. In this study, the concepts of "pedestrian", "pedestrianization", "pedestrian zone", "pedestrian zone", "coast" and "coastal area" were examined, the importance of coastlines in the city was emphasized, historical processes of pedestrian zones, planning principles were mentioned, successful pedestrianization approaches in the world and in Turkey were examined and examples were given. The pedestrian zone of the Tekirdağ coastline with a length of 20 km has been selected as the study area. The current situation of Tekirdağ Coastline was determined by observation, analysis and evaluation method. In order to evaluate the coastline of Tekirdağ Süleymanpaşa district in a holistic manner and to offer uninterrupted recreational activities to pedestrians, problems related to the area have been identified and various suggestions have been developed for problems As a result of the research, when the current situation of the coastline of Tekirdağ Süleymanpaşa District is considered in general, use of 2 neighborhoods are intense, but use of other 5 neighborhoods show seasonal intensity.It has been concluded that the main reasons for these are the lack of different recreational diversity suitable for different climates that will direct the citizens to the coastlines in these neighborhoods and the lack of a holistic coastline that allows passage in many places.It has been determined that coastal types, area uses, usage density, structural and vegetative qualifications vary according to the distance of the coastline to the center, natural structure and needs.