Main entry:

Gül, Murat, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
©2017

Description:

x, 326 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Series:

[Library of modern Turkey]

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-309) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Late Ottoman Istanbul: early modernity, nationalism and the end of an empire -- 2. Republican Istanbul: secularisation of the old city -- 3. 1950s Istanbul: postwar dynamics and change -- 4. Istanbul between two coups: many plans, many failures -- 5. The 1980s: Istanbul encounters neo-liberalism -- 6. The 1990s: political instability, financial crises and architecture adrift -- 7. From 2000: marching towards a global city.

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.

ISBN:

9781784531058 (hbk.)
1784531057 (hbk.)
(eISBN)
9781786722300
(ePDF)
9781786732309

Subject:

Architecture Turkey Istanbul History.
Architecture Political aspects Turkey Istanbul.
Architecture and society Turkey Istanbul History.
Architecture Turquie İstanbul Histoire.
Architecture et société Turquie İstanbul Histoire.
Architecture Aspect politique Turquie İstanbul.
Architecture
Architecture and society
Architecture Political aspects
Buildings
Politics and government
Städtebau
Architektur
Istanbul (Turkey) Buildings, structures, etc.
Istanbul (Turkey) Politics and government.
Turkey Istanbul
Istanbul

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Library of modern Turkey.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304025
Call No.: BIB 249529
Status: Available