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Paperback. Turkey, by including modern and contemporary periods which are usually omitted in traditional surveys of Islamic art and architecture, places architecture in the larger social, political and cultural context of the country's development as a modern nation in the twentieth century. Series: Modern Architectures in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; AM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 772.
'Gentlemen, it was necessary to abolish the fez, which sat on the heads of our people as an emblem of ignorance ...and hatred of progress and civilization. It was necessary to accept in its place the hat, used by the whole civilized world.' The rhetoric of the Turkish Republic's founder Kemal Ataturk roused the Turkish nation into a programme of modernization, and architecture played a crucial role in Turkey's march to modernity. This book offers an overview of modern Turkish architecture, placing it in the larger social, political and cultural context of the country's development as a modern nation in ... Read more
'Gentlemen, it was necessary to abolish the fez, which sat on the heads of our people as an emblem of ignorance ...and hatred of progress and civilization. It was necessary to accept in its place the hat, used by the whole civilized world.' The rhetoric of the Turkish Republic's founder Kemal Ataturk roused the Turkish nation into a programme of modernization, and architecture played a crucial role in Turkey's march to modernity. This book offers an overview of modern Turkish architecture, placing it in the larger social, political and cultural context of the country's development as a modern nation in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Modern Architectures in History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861898784
SKU
V9781861898784
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Ref
99-15
About Esra Akcan
Sibel Bozdogan is Professor of Architecture at Istanbul Bilgi University and part-time Lecturer in Architectural History at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Esra Akcan is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
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