Soap Production in Terms of Urban Identity and Evaluation of Soap Factories Within the Industrial Heritage: The Case of Antakya

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2020

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Istanbul Univ, Fac Letters, Dept Geography

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Human activities and historical structures, which are located in the areas that constitute the historical textures of the cities and maintained as a centuries-old tradition, are important components of the identity of the city. The main purpose of this study is to draw attention to the importance of soap production activities in Antakya in terms of identity-industrial heritage and tourism. For this purpose, firstly the relationship between soap production and urban identity has been emphasized.. In addition to, inventories and historical development plans have been obtained from the Conservation-Implementation and Inspection Bureau and the spatial distribution of the soap factories has been determined with the help of these data. Based on the findings obtained from this study, it has revealed that soap production and soap factories in Antakya are an important component of urban identity, 8 soap factories identified in the research area are located in the historical texture and close to each other. 4 of these soap factories should be re-functionalized. In addition, it has emphasized that the industrial heritage route developed for soap factories are important in terms of historical and cultural tourism and also it has suggested that new cultural routes should be developed.

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Urban Identity, Industrial Heritage, Antakya

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Journal of Geography-Cografya Dergisi

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40

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