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Author Gül, Murat, author.

Title Architecture and the Turkish city : an urban history of Istanbul since the Ottomans / Murat Gül
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 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
Summary 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 Gül 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 21, 2017)
Subject Architecture -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History
Architecture -- Political aspects -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Architecture and society -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
Architecture
Architecture and society
Architecture -- Political aspects
Buildings
Politics and government
SUBJECT Istanbul (Turkey) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Politics and government
Subject Turkey -- Istanbul
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781786722300
1786722305