INVESTIGATION OF CONSERVATION
PROBLEMS OF THE PROPHET ELIAS (ELIJAH)
CHURCH IN izMiR
A Thesis Submitted to.
the Graduate School of Engineering and Sciences of
Tamir Institute of Technology
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
in Architectural Restoration
by
Dogay KORKMAZ
July 2011‘We approve the thesis of Dogay KORKMAZ
Prof. Dr. Basak IPEKOGLU
Prof. Dr. Hasan BOKE
‘Committee Member
Assist. Prof. Dr. Omiir SAYGIN
‘Committee Member
07 July 2011
Prof. Dr. Basak PEKOGLU- Prof. Dr. Durmus Ali DEMIR.
‘Head of the Department of Dean of the Graduate School of
‘Architectural Restoration ‘Engineering and SciencesACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
‘First and foremost, I wish to express my thanks to Prof. Dr. Basak Ipekoglu for
‘er invaluable guidance throughout the development of this thesis. I would also like to
‘thank her for considerable support, patience and encouragement during my graduate
study.
‘would like to thank the committee members; Prof. Dr. Hasan Boke and Assist.
Prof Dr. Omsir Saygm for their valuable comments and recommendations.
‘Special thanks to Assist. Prof Dr. Omiir Saygm and Dr. Cigdem Turban for
‘their advices and helps regarding the use of ArcGIS program during the study.
I would like to thank Kerem Serifaki and Caglayan Deniz Kaplan, who helped
sme during the measured survey.
‘would like to exprest my deepest gratitude to my mother Zeliha Korkmaz, my
father Hasan Hiseyin Korkmaz and my older brother Koray Korkmaz, who have
supported me with patience during this study.ABSTRACT
INVESTIGATION OF CONSERVATION PROBLEMS OF
THE PROPHET ELIAS (ELIJAH) CHURCH IN IZMIR
‘The Prophet Elias Church is one of the Greek Orthodox Churches that was built
in the 19% century and has survived to the present time together with Aya Voukla and
Dojanlar Church in Izmir. The purpose of this study is to examine the architectural
characteristics and structural problems of this building while determining its values to
be preserved, to assess conservation problems and to ensure that this structure is
protected along with its original qualities. In line with this purpose, architectural
measurements were taken to determine the present condition of the building by
primarily employing conventional techniques, as well as, an electronic tachometer and
two-dimensional drawings of the church were created in computer environment.
‘Moreover, by means of visual observation, the architectural and structural
characteristics, and structural problems of the building were determined along with the
changes it went through in time. The information obtained was transferred to ArcGIS
program to establish an information system that can be updated, and questioned and
would allow addition of new information determined under different disciplines. By
means of comparative study, historical research and a restitution study the original
features and values requiring preservation of the building were determined. In the
results of these studies a restoration project was prepared and the new function for the
‘building is proposed as a nmlti-purpose hall. As a result of the study conducted, detailed
information regarding the architectural characteristics of the buildmg have been
obtained while the conservation problems were examined and recommendations. were
sade in regards to further studies to take place.
ivOZET
‘IZMIR. ILYAS PEYGAMBER KILISEST NIN KORUMA
SORUNLARININ ARASTIRILMASI
‘Ilyas Peygamber Kilisesi, Izmir'de bulunan Aya Vukla ve Doganlar Kilisesi ile
Ddirlikte gimimiize ulagmus ve 19. yizyilda inga edilmis, ig Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi'nden
diridir. Bu cabsmanm amact; yapmm, mimari ézellidlerini ve yapisal sorumlanm
deerlendirmek ve yapmin Szgiin nitelibleri ile kormmasma katlada bulunmaktr. Bu
tekniklerin yam swa elektronik takeometre kullanmuyla mimari élgiimler yapimug ve
Dilgisayar ortammda yapmun iki boyutln gizimleri hazwlanmngte. Aynca yapilan
gézkmlerle yapmm mimari ve siriiktizel dzellikleri, yapisal sormlan ve gecirdiisi
sorgulamabilen, giimcellenebilen ve farkh disiplinlerce tespit edilen bilgilerin
arastrma ve restitisyon galjmas ile yapmm Sogim nifelikleri ve kormmasi gerelli