Settlements along the Northern Marmara Highway and possible effects of highway settlements : Example of Sakarya

Transportation is economical activity which has big effects on economical and social life. Especially transportation activities have got big importance for our country?s economy which is between Asia and Europe. In the past and now, transportation networks affected the settlemente where they go through. These effects were seen, sometimes enlarging of settlements, increasing of population and sometimes changing and diversfiying of economical activities.In this thesis, just being in project step, some settlements were searched which are North Marmara networks possible effects in settlements were considered. In this thesis, transportation?s and lines concepts were emplasized and these concepts effects on economical and social life were stressed. In addition to these, from republic to nowadays, developments of line and the situation which is in our days were ascertaired. In the second part of thesis, description of North Marmara?s highway and why do we need this line network and about some cities which are on this line, were informed. In the third part of thesis, development of Sakarya Network?s line and the effect of North Marmara Networks Line?s on Sakarya in terms of physical and human field were generally summarized. In the forth and the last part of the thesis the settlements were searched on the other hand social, economical and physical situations were searched and then dwelled on this networks possible effects on these settlements area.While the settlements were searched on interview and on observation on place methods were used.