Culture and Tourism Projects

Construction of the New Museum in Hatay:
After the completion of the project, the museum will be the largest mosaic museum in Turkey by indoor area. The complex settlement area is 16,025.38 m2 and total indoor area will be 32,754.14 m2. The museum exhibition area will be 10,700 m2 available of holding 800 visitors at once. The project completion date is planned to be in the first half of 2014.

Projects of Surveying, Restitution and Restoration of Antakya Castle and Its Walls:
Tender of the work of surveying, restitution and restoration of Antakya Castle and Its Walls was made on August 25th 2011. Projects were submitted to Adana Provincial Directorate of Surveying and Monuments, and approved by the Regional Committee of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Adana. Approximate cost of the project is being calculated.

Projects of Surveying, Restitution and Restoration of Payas Castle:
Approximate cost of application work was prepared by Adana Provincial Directorate of Surveying and Monuments and sent to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In order to carry out protective restoration of Cin Tower along with Payas Castle, a demand for allocation to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and construction work is planned to start in 2014, after the construction tender has been made.

Surveying, Restitution, Restoration, Surveying of Cliff’s Front Surface andRock Recovery of St. Peters Memorial Museum
Contract value of construction work is 2.646.659 TL The project will be completed in March 20,2014.

Surveying, Restitution, Restoration and Landscape Projects of Samandağ St.Simeon Monastery
Contract value of the project, whose tender was made on April 11th 2012, is 147.500 TL. The project has started.

Altınozu Koz Castle:
The project has been prepared.  Surveying, Restitution and Restoration Projects have been approved by the committee. It can go out to the tender for application in 2014.

Belen Bakras Castle:
The project has been prepared.  Surveying, Restitution and Restoration Projects have been approved by the committee. It can go out to the tender for application in 2014.

Construction of Samandag Cultural Center Building:
The construction area of the center is 5,500 m2 and it has one small theatre with 140 seats and one large with 340 seats.  Construction of Cultural Centre has been completed to a great extent and it is planned to be finished this year, after heating and cooling systems, electrical equipment, dressing of the hall, seat and seat accessories and landscape have been made so that the building can be opened.

Expropriation of Kursunlu Inn:
Surveying, restitution and restoration projects of Kurşunlu Inn, whose expropriation process still continues, have been approved by the Regional Committee of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Adana. After restoration of the Inn, the functions that will be given to the shops and bring a difference in Long Bazaar: wood processing, glass processing, wickerwork, basket knitting, felt work, rug making, tessellation, quilting, sericulture, laurel soap making, spice selling, paper crafts (calligraphy, marbling, ornamentation), pottery, needlework and fabric processing, folkloric doll and kunefe manufacturing etc.