Research Article

THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory

Volume: 3 Number: 2 November 26, 2025
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THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory

Abstract

This study examines the spatial and historical transformation of the Sümerbank Ordu–Soybean Factory, constructed according to Republican-era planning principles and still in operation. The study aims to demonstrate that the factory is not only a physical structure but also a spatial reflection of the ideological, economic, and social relations that shape urban memory. Within this framework, the study employs a historical-geographical approach, utilizing mapping techniques, archival documents, and on site observations. The site was analysed across four distinct periods from its foundation to the present, focusing on land use, building density, and environmental transformation processes. The findings reveal that the factory played a decisive role in the eastward development of the city of Ordu and gradually transformed from a peripheral fringe at the coast into an inner fringe zone, gaining strong symbolic significance in urban memory. Contemporary pressures of urbanization increasingly evaluate this unique production site in terms of real estate value, threatening both physical continuity and social cohesion. The study advocates for the preservation of the factory as a living industrial heritage, proposing cultural adaptive reuse, documentation, education, and innovation-driven functions as part of a strategic planning framework for sustainable transformation. In conclusion, the Sümerbank Ordu–Soybean Factory case study demonstrates how strategically preserved and adaptively reused industrial heritage can be integrated into urban identity and the socio-spatial structure of a city.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

City and Regional Planning, Architectural Heritage and Conservation

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 26, 2025

Submission Date

August 6, 2025

Acceptance Date

September 29, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Özgür, T., & Karadeniz, B. (2025). THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory. Mekansal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 3(2), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.71298/maddergi.1757403
AMA
1.Özgür T, Karadeniz B. THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory. maddergi. 2025;3(2):113-128. doi:10.71298/maddergi.1757403
Chicago
Özgür, Türkan, and Beyza Karadeniz. 2025. “THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory”. Mekansal Araştırmalar Dergisi 3 (2): 113-28. https://doi.org/10.71298/maddergi.1757403.
EndNote
Özgür T, Karadeniz B (November 1, 2025) THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory. Mekansal Araştırmalar Dergisi 3 2 113–128.
IEEE
[1]T. Özgür and B. Karadeniz, “THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory”, maddergi, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 113–128, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.71298/maddergi.1757403.
ISNAD
Özgür, Türkan - Karadeniz, Beyza. “THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory”. Mekansal Araştırmalar Dergisi 3/2 (November 1, 2025): 113-128. https://doi.org/10.71298/maddergi.1757403.
JAMA
1.Özgür T, Karadeniz B. THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory. maddergi. 2025;3:113–128.
MLA
Özgür, Türkan, and Beyza Karadeniz. “THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory”. Mekansal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 3, no. 2, Nov. 2025, pp. 113-28, doi:10.71298/maddergi.1757403.
Vancouver
1.Türkan Özgür, Beyza Karadeniz. THE EVOLVING ROLE OF AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Sümerbank Ordu - Soybean Factory. maddergi. 2025 Nov. 1;3(2):113-28. doi:10.71298/maddergi.1757403

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