Mersin Kültür Merkezi: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

{{Şablon:Yüksek yapı

|yapıadı =Mersin Kültür Merkezi

|Yer ={{bayrak|}} [[turkey]], [[]]

|Adres =[[Mersin]], [[Turkey]]

 

== History ==

Halkevleri was an important enlightenment project in the early years of Turkish republic. Mersin branch of Halkevleri was opened in 24 February 1933 <ref>Gündüz Artan : ''Mersin Tarihi Kronolojisi'', İçel sanat kulübü, Mersin 2003</ref>. The building of Halkevi was planned to meet the demands of the project as a theatre, a concert hall, classrooms, workshops etc. The architect was Ertuğrul Menteş with the consultants Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu, Dr. Mukbil Gökdoğan and Raşit Tuğrul. The building was constructed between February 1944 and November 1946. Service began by 29 October 1946, the 23rd anniversary of the decleration of the republic. Two months later, Mersin residents were able to watch [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s [[Madame Butterfly]], put on stage by the quest artists from Ankara Opera. The building with a floor area of {{convert|4800|m2|abbr=on}} was the biggest building of the Halkevleri project.<ref>Semihi Vural: ''Mersin Halkevi'', Mutluson yayınları, Ankara, 2007 p 47 ISBN 978-9944-5853-3-0 p 47</ref> The total expenditure was around 1.12 million Turkish liras.<ref>[http://e-imo.imo.org.tr/DosyaDizin/WPX/Portal/Arsiv/05-MersinHalkevi.pdf Page of Chamber of Civil Engineers {{tr icon}}]</ref> After the Halkevleri Project was terminated by the government on 8 August 1951, a western wing of the building was used as a movie hall and the rest was used as a library and vocational school for girls. On 4 January 1977 the building was handed over to the [[Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)|Ministry of Culture and Tourism]].<ref>[http://mersinhaber.blogcu.com/mersin-in-kronolojik-tarihi/3964194 Mersin timeline {{tr icon}}]</ref> Although officially called cultural center ({{lang-tr|Kültür merkezi}}) the popular name of the building is still Halkevi.