ABSTRACT

Citing from the writings of Mc Farlane, an English traveller who was in Istanbul during the construction of the factory, Tug˘lacı states that some of the numerous craftsmen, workers and engineers brought from Europe left work because they could not get money. Tug˘lacı also states that many workers were killed when the factory’s chimney built by Garabet Balyan according to the incorrect calculations of the British experts collapsed because Balyan’s warnings were overlooked (Tug˘lacı, 1993).