Galata Bridge disappeared

Galata Bridge disappeared: It turned out that 74 meters of the historical bridge to the Golden Horn disappeared. It happened in Istanbul. 74 meters of the historical Galata Bridge, one of the most important symbols of the city, is missing!
According to the report of Serkan Akkoç from Habertürk Newspaper, 22 pieces of the historical Galata Bridge, which was moved between Balat and Hasköy 25 years ago, are 74 meters wide and 3 meters long in total. Nobody knows when and how the pieces of about a thousand tons of iron and steel were lost.
DISASTERS STARTED WITH FIRE
1912 16, part of the 1992 piece that created the historic Galata Bridge, which was opened in 12 and became unusable as a result of a suspicious fire in May 3, disappeared in the last 22 year. However, the bridge, “2. Degree Cultural Preservation Gerekli status. On the 28 pontoon, 25 meter wide, 466.5 meter long bridge, there were 17-meter 2 tracks each providing land connections to the bridge on the shores of Karaköy and Eminönü.
Combining them was the average 40-meter 9 track and the largest 66.7-meter track that could be opened in the middle of the bridge for ships to cross. The 80-year-long bridge, which was built in Istanbul, waited to be retired after the completion of the new bridge built next to it, which became unusable with a mysterious fire in the morning.
PARTS MOVED TO HALIC
Bridge parts were moved to the Golden Horn in a ceremony held 1 weeks after the fire. A damaged piece, which was kept by Eminönü during the relocation, was buried in the sea in the morning of 28. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Nurettin Sozen said that the piece was sunk because of tons of sand and gravel stacked on the contractor firm and that the new bridge would be removed by the company. Then, the bridge between Balat-Hasköy and Ayvansaray-Halıcıoğlu was placed between the 12 part of the 40 meter and the 1 part of the 17 meter each, and the 2 piece, each meter long, disappeared during the last 22 year. Since the length between these shores is shorter than Eminönü-Karaköy distance, a bridge was established despite the missing parts. When and how about a thousand tonnes of parts of the bridge disappear, the answer awaits.
LAST STATUS
(2012 year, except for a very short period when the vehicle is opened to traffic) Balat and Hasköy coast for years, although the last state of the bridge is unused. The shops under the bridge became a homeless place. The pontoons with their mouths open because their covers are stolen invite all kinds of danger. Rusting and grazing are other traces of neglect.
'BUT WE CARRIED THE BRIDGE'
İbrahim Özen, who was in charge of the consortium building the New Galata Bridge, explained the process of moving the old bridge as follows: “As a company, our contract included the withdrawal of the old bridge to the place designated by the municipality and it was already done. The sinking was the edge foot connection. Investigation was made about the sinking and legal proceedings were carried out. We have no responsibility in the event of stinging, we have proved in terms of technical and expert aspects. All the parts were taken to where the municipality said. In the meantime, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality announced that the bridge appears as 8 parts, and that the 8 of the parts are connected on the shores of Balat and Hasköy.
THE MAN MAN MADE THE GERMAN COMPANY

Sultan Abdulaziz gave the construction of the bridge to the German MAN company in 1909. The Germans found that 80-85-meter feet were needed for the bridge, but because the technology of the time was not appropriate, it was decided to build the bridge over the water with the pontoons. The parts produced in Germany were combined at Hasköy Karaağaç Shipyard. Bridge, 27 April 1912'de entered into service with a ceremony.