Architecture and the Turkish city : an urban history of Istanbul since the Ottomans / Murat Gül.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gül, Murat, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Turkey--Istanbul--History.

Architecture.

City planning--Turkey--Istanbul.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations, map.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

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 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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350985353

135098535X

9781786722300

1786722305

OCLC:

949770852