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Nishan Yaubyan
Nişan Yaubyan o Nishan Yaubyan (born Istanbul, Turkey) is a prominent Turkish-Armenian architect and lecturer. Life Of Turkish Armenians, Armenian descent, Yaubyan graduated from the Getronagan Armenian High School in the Karaköy district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul. After studying architecture at Istanbul Technical University, he continued his studies at the University of Michigan. After returning to Istanbul, he became an instructor and lecturer at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Together with architects Güntekin Aydoğan and Osep Sarafoğlu, he designed the SSK Hospital in Beyoğlu. One of his most important projects was the Sakarya Province, Sakarya ''Hükümet Konağı'' (or the local government building of Adapazarı, Sakarya), completed in 1956. Yaubyan worked alongside architects such as Greeks in Turkey, Rum architect Avyerinos Andonyadis, Armenians in Turkey, Turkish Armenian architect Harutyun Varpurciyan and Enis Kortan. Awards * 1958 Brussels Exposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
