Entrance Fronts Of Historic Public Buildings In Mersin City Center (1850-1955)

？？The administrative changes of Mersin after 1850 affected the public construction and as a result the urbanization process gained speed. The city core was formed on the axis of this construction and its present historical urban fabric was formed. The aim of this study is the lack of a study evaluating the historical public buildings in the city center of Mersin and the lack of examination of the historical buildings in the context of the facades. In this study, which examines the entrance front of historical public buildings; After defining the facades, a comparative evaluation was made. The facades which were evaluated on the periodic distinctions according to the elements that are effective in the facade design, have been tried to be made sense at the point of symbolic expressions. It has been determined that the facades of the buildings, which are evaluated comparatively, are shaped according to local, regional and historical conditions, and they also have influences from the Mediterranean port city architecture. On the other hand, symbolic expressions on the facades of public buildings have traces of centralization politics in both Ottoman and Republican periods.The buildings in the context of the study are the buildings that are directly constructed by the state and are offered to the public service, the buildings which were later converted into public structures are not within the scope of this study