Dokumapark reuses the Antalya Yarn and Cotton Weaving Factory as a public cultural landscape. Its industrial origin remains part of the story: a complex built to process local cotton now contains museums, gardens, and community spaces.
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Dokumapark grew from the site of Antalya’s Yarn and Cotton Weaving Factory, an industrial project founded in the 1950s. The factory was intended both to process locally grown cotton and to provide employment as the city’s population expanded.
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Quick facts
- The textile factory was established in the 1950s.
- The factory processed locally produced cotton and provided employment.
- Dokumapark now contains cultural institutions and public spaces on the former factory site.
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