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Architecture and the Turkish City: An Urban History of Istanbul since the Ottomans
Murat Gul
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Description for Architecture and the Turkish City: An Urban History of Istanbul since the Ottomans
Hardcover. The Architecture of Istanbul is something that attracts attention both in academia and has potential for wider interest. This book looks at Turkey's social and political history through the architecture - a unique approach. Series: Library of Modern Turkey. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3H; 3J; ACBP; AMX; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Library of Modern Turkey
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784531058
SKU
V9781784531058
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Ref
99-5
About Murat Gul
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Architecture and the Turkish City: An Urban History of Istanbul since the Ottomans
Thoughtful, intensely scholarly but also highly readable ... It is a timely book that also constitutes a new benchmark for the potential of urban studies.
Andrew Kirby, Editor of Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University Architecture and the Turkish City is a fine representative example of ... Read more
Andrew Kirby, Editor of Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University Architecture and the Turkish City is a fine representative example of ... Read more