Example of 19th century industrial heritage: Ayvalık Tariş olive oil factory

Abstract

Ayvalık is one of the settlements based on olive production. Ayvalık became a settlement where mostly Greeks lived after the administration of the Ottoman Empire. The Greeks have built some architectural heritage rich in Neo-classical style in the region. Nowadays, 19th century the industrial heritage of the olive oil factories has lost its originality and the traces of traditional production along with destruction and change. This study aims to document the building stock of the Tariş Olive Oil Factory, an example of the industrial heritage built in Ayvalık in the early 19th century by the Greeks in the Neo-classical style. In this context, architectural features, history, construction technique and material properties of the building were included.