Modernism and Nation Building

Architectural historian Sibel Bozdogan describes the cultural history of modern Turkish architecture and its connections with European modernism, from the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in 1908 to the end of the Kemalist single-party rule in 1950. Based on official propaganda publications, architectural professional magazines and popular publications of the time, Bozdogan looks at Turkish architectural culture within a broad political, historical and ideological context; It shows how modern architecture - especially with its representative public buildings and the idealized modern house form - became the main visual expression of the Republican revolution, and exemplifies Turkish architects' attempts to 'nationalise' modern forms by legitimizing them on rational and scientific grounds and demonstrating their compatibility with Turkish building traditions.

At a time when Turkey's modernity project is being critically re-evaluated from many aspects, such a comprehensive examination of the architectural legacy of Kemalism is extremely appropriate and provocative... This beautiful book, which presents the relationships between social history and spatial organization in an enjoyable way, is suitable not only for architecture students and researchers. An extremely interesting book, not only for all social sciences and humanities.



Number of Pages: 367

Year of Printing: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

First Printing Year: 2002

Number of Pages: 367

Language Turkish