Architecture and the Turkish City

An Urban History of Istanbul since the Ottomans

Murat Gül (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2024
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-5627-1 (ISBN)

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Architecture and urban planning have always been used by political regimes to stamp their ideologies upon cities, and this is especially the case in the modern Turkish Republic. By exploring Istanbul's modern architectural and urban history, Murat Gul highlights the dynamics of political and social change in Turkey from the late-Ottoman period until today. Looking beyond pure architectural styles or the physical manifestations of Istanbul's cultural landscape, he offers critical insight into how Turkish attempts to modernise have affected both the city and its population. Charting the diverse forces evident in Istanbul's urban fabric, the book examines late Ottoman reforms, the Turkish Republic's turn westward for inspiration, Cold War alliances and the AK Party's reaffirmation of cultural ties with the Middle East and the Balkans. Telltale signs of these moments - revivalist architecture drawing on Ottoman and Seljuk styles, 1930s Art Deco, post-war International Style buildings and the proliferation of shopping malls, luxurious gated residences and high-rise towers, for example - are analysed and illustrated in extensive detail.Connecting this rich history to present-day Istanbul, whose urban development is characterised anew by intense social stratification, the book will appeal to researchers of Turkey, its architecture and urban planning.

Murat Gul is Professor of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He has previously taught at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, Turkey, the International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the University of Sydney, Australia and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the author of The Emergence of Modern Istanbul: Transformation and Modernisation of a City (I.B.Tauris, 2009) and co-author of Istanbul Architecture (2013).

Chapter 1: Introduction: Historical Background
Chapter 2: Early Moderns 1900-1930
Chapter 3: Secularisation of Architecture and the City: 1930-1950
Chapter 4: Istanbul Encounters West: Architecture and Cities in the Postwar Period
Chapter 5: Post-Statist Period: Istanbul Architecture and Urban Planning in the 1980s
Chapter 6: Early Twentieth Century: Istanbul on the Move
Chapter 7: Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2024
Zusatzinfo	100 integrated bw
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7556-5627-X / 075565627X
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-5627-1 / 9780755656271
Zustand	Neuware