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Completed in about 5 months between 17 May and 12 November 2010, the works brought the bath building — 200 m² footprint and 510 m² total construction area — back into use as part of the education campus, showing how a historic building can live on with a new function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"most-common-mistakes-in-restoration\">Most common mistakes in restoration\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Starting before council approval:\u003C\u002Fstrong> unauthorised works on a listed building have serious legal consequences.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Incompatible materials:\u003C\u002Fstrong> hard cement-based mortars can damage original masonry.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Skipping documentation:\u003C\u002Fstrong> recording before and during works is also a record for future generations.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Forcing a function onto the building:\u003C\u002Fstrong> the new use must fit the loads and spatial layout the building can bear.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Contact ÇET Yapı's renovation and restoration team to bring your historic or ageing building back into use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[168,171,174,177],{"id":169,"text":170},"key-terms","Key terms",{"id":172,"text":173},"step-by-step-restoration-process","Step-by-step restoration process",{"id":175,"text":176},"the-topkapi-safa-hamam-example","The Topkapı Safa Hamam example",{"id":178,"text":179},"most-common-mistakes-in-restoration","Most common mistakes in restoration",[181,182,183,184],"Major works on a listed building in Turkey require measured survey, restitution and restoration projects approved by the Regional Conservation Council for Cultural Assets.","The measured survey documents the building as it is today; restitution reconstructs its original state from historical documents and physical traces.","No works may start on a listed building without council approval, and supervision continues during implementation.","ÇET Yapı brought Topkapı Safa Hamam back into use in about 5 months in 2010, together with Topkapı Doğa College on the same block.",[186,187,188,189],{"q":67,"a":70},{"q":72,"a":74},{"q":76,"a":78},{"q":80,"a":82},[191,194],{"title":192,"url":193},"Chamber of Architects of Turkey – Technical specification for survey and restitution projects of immovable cultural assets (Turkish)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mimarist.org\u002Finclude\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F11\u002Ftasinmaz-kultur-varliklarinin-rolove-restitusyon-projelerine-iliskin-teknik-sartname.pdf",{"title":195,"url":196},"Ankara University open course – Restitution, survey, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation (Turkish)","https:\u002F\u002Facikders.ankara.edu.tr\u002Fpluginfile.php\u002F208965\u002Fmod_resource\u002Fcontent\u002F0\u002F2.%20Hafta%20Restit%C3%BCsyon%20R%C3%B6l%C3%B6ve%20Restorasyon%20Rehabilitasyon%20Renovasyon%20(revize).pdf","Topkapı Safa Hamam, restored by ÇET Yapı","1 October 2026",null,"2 min read",[202,205,208],{"href":203,"title":204},"\u002Fen\u002Fprojects\u002Ftopkapi-safa-hamami\u002F","Topkapı Safa Bath",{"href":206,"title":207},"\u002Fen\u002Fprojects\u002Ftopkapi-doga-college\u002F","Topkapı Doğa College",{"href":209,"title":210},"\u002Fen\u002Fprojects\u002Fbesiktas-geo-college\u002F","Beşiktaş Geo College",[212,215,218,221],{"href":213,"title":214},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Furban-transformation-in-bakirkoy-yesilkoy-florya-atakoy\u002F","Urban Transformation in Bakırköy: Yeşilköy, Florya, Ataköy and Kartaltepe (2026 Guide)",{"href":216,"title":217},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fwill-my-flat-shrink-in-urban-transformation-turkey\u002F","Will My Flat Get Smaller in Urban Transformation? 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