Çelik Gülersoy (September 23, 1930 in Hakkâri – July 6, 2003 in

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) was a

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lawyer,

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ist, writer and poet. He is best remembered for the heritage conservation works he carried out on historical sites during his long-time tenure as director general of the

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(TTOK). He was born in Hakkâri, Turkey's most southeasterly city, where his father was working as a

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officer but the family moved to

in 1933. After completing his education in Istanbul, Gülersoy attended

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and graduated from its Law School. Following his military service in 1959–1960, he started work as a legal consultant to the TTOK in 1961, having already held several posts there since 1947. In 1966, Gülersoy became director general of the TTOK, a position he held for 38 years until his death. During this time he reorganised the TTOK to bring in new and much-needed services. He published numerous books on historic sites, mainly in Istanbul, and contributed greatly to the redevelopment of such touristically important areas as Söğükçeşme Sokağı in Sultanahmet and the historic parks such as Emirgan and Yıldız. Çelik Gülersoy died of pancreatic cancer on July 6, 2003 during a classical music concert at the Fabiato Köşkü (Mansion) on

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. He was buried next to his mother's grave in Demirciköy Cemetery in

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is the northernmost district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It consists of the neighbourhoods of Rumelifeneri, Tarabya, Yeniköy, İstinye, Emirgan and Rumelihisarı. Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea c ...

following a funeral service in

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. He left all his assets to the Çelik Gülersoy Foundation which still operates a library on Söğükçeşme Sokağı, behind

Ayasofya Hagia Sophia ( 'Holy Wisdom'; ; ; ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque ( tr, Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The cathedral was originally built as a Greek Ortho ...

Notable historical preservations

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environs (1977) *

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(1980) *

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and Çadır pavilions,

Yıldız Park Yıldız Park ( tr, Yıldız Parkı) is a historical, urban park in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the largest public parks in Istanbul. The park is located in Yıldız quarter between the palaces of Yıldız and Çıra� ...

(1982) *

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and

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pavilions,

Emirgan Park The Emirgan Park ( tr, Emirgan Korusu or rarely ''Emirgan Parkı'') is a historical urban park located at the Emirgan neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. It is one of the largest publ ...

(1979-1983) * Hotel Yeşil Ev, Sultanahmet (1984) *

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, Çubuklu (1984) * Soğukçeşme Street, Sultanahmet (1985-1986) * Kameriye, Feneryolu (1989) * Fenerbahçe Park, Fenerbahçe (1990)

Bibliography

* '' Mehterhane. The Military Band of the Turkish Army. Es Fanfares Des Anciennes Armees Turques'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul * ''A Guide To Istanbul'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1978) 358 pp (English) * ''Guide D'Istanbul'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1978) 390 pp (Italian) * ''Kapalı Çarşının Romanı'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1979) 80 pp (also in French) * ''Lâle ve İstanbul'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1980) * Eski İstanbul Arabaları, TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul, (1981) 135 pp * ''Çamlıca'dan Bakışlar'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1982) * ''Ihlamur Mesiresi'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1983) * ''İstanbul Estetiği'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1983) * ''Yıldız Parkı ve Malta Köşkü'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1983) * ''Yıldız Parc and Malta Pavilion'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1983) (English) * ''Kayıklar'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1983) 143 pp * ''İstanbul'un Anıtsal Ağaçları'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1983) * ''Dolmabahçe/Çağlarboyu İstanbul Görünümle'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1984) * ''Edirnekapısı'nda Bir Örnek'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1985) * ''Hıdivler ve Çubuklu Kasrı'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1985) 196 pp (also in English) * ''Küçüksu'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1985) (also in English) * ''Reklamlar ve Biz'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1985) * ''Taksim: Bir Meydanın Hikayesi'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1986) 143 pp * ''İstanbul Şarkısı'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1986) * ''Batıya Doğru'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1987) 165 pp * ''Göksu'ya Ağıt'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1987) 116 pp * ''İstanbul Kitaplığı Katalogu 1988'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1988) 526 pp * ''Tramvay İstanbul'da'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1989) * ''Kırk Yıl Olmuş'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1989) 240 pp, * ''Dolmabahçe Palace and Its Environs'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1990) * ''Mavi Cami'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1990) * ''Nasıl Bir İstanbul?'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1990) * ''The Caique'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1991) 225 pp, (English) * ''Taksim: The Story of A Square'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1991) 143 pp, (English) * ''Çerâğan Sarayları'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1992) 205 pp, * ''The Çerâğân Palaces'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1992) 208 pp, (English) * ''The Khedives and The Çubuklu Summer Palace: Çubuklu Kasrı'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1993) 236 pp, (English) * ''Tepebaşı: Bir Meydan Savaşı'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1993) * ''Ayrılış'' (Şiirler), TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1996) 34 pp, * ''Büyük Çamlıca Tepesi 1908-1995'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1996) 33 pp * ''Safranbolu'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1997) (also in English) * ''Büyükada Dün/Yesterday'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1997) 110 pp, (also in English) * ''Hüzün Yağmuru (Şiirler)'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1997) 32 pp, * ''Fenerbahçe'si'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1998) 62 pp * ''Yeşil Ev. Bir Yuva'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1999) 71 pp, * ''Yeşil Ev. A Home'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1999) 71 pp, (English) * ''Cumhuriyet'in Devraldığı İstanbul'dan Bugüne: Istanbul, from the birth of the Republic to the present day, the metamorphosis of a legacy'', Sınai Kalkınma Bankası, Istanbul (1999) * ''Beyoğlu'nun Yitip Gitmiş 3 Oteli'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (1999) * ''Çankaya 57'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2001) 32 pp, * ''Büyükada Yetimhanesi'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2001) 36 pp, * ''A. Şinasi Hisar'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2001) 34 pp, * ''Soğukçeşme Sokağı'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2001) 80 pp, * ''Atatürk Atatürk'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2001) 76 pp, * ''Soğukçeşme Street'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2002) 80 pp, . * ''Atatürk Albümü'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2002) 40 pp, * ''Beyoğlu'nda Gezerken'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2003) 175 pp, * ''Bir Masal'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2003) 40 pp, * ''Pierre Loti ve Dersaadet'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2003) 19 pp * ''Pierre Loti et Son İstanbul'', TTOK Yayınları, Istanbul (2003) 19 pp (French) * ''Kariye (Chora)'', Turing (also in English, French, German and Italian) * ''Çelik Gülersoy Albümü'', İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''Beşiktaş Daha Dün'', İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''Bâb-ı Âli'', with M. Nermi Haskan, İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''Dolmabahçe Sarayı'' (English), İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''Esentepe'ye Veda'', İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''İstanbul Rehberi'' (French), İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''Hükümet Kapısı Bab-ı Ali Kuruluşundan Cumhuriyete Kadar'', with Mehmet Nermi Haskan, İstanbul Kitaplığı * ''İstanbul Maceramız'', Remzi Kitabevi * ''İstanbul Maceramız II'', Remzi Kitabevi

Recognitions

* 1976 - Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana * 1979 -

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* 1980 - "Plaque of Honor" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey * 1986 - Honorary Doctor of the

Black Sea Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( tr, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi or KTÜ) is a public research university in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in Turkey. Karadeniz Technical U ...

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* 1986 - Honorary Doctor of the

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...

, Istanbul * 1998 - Honorary Doctor of the

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* 2000 - "Grand Award of Culture and Arts" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey

Biography

* İbrahimhakkıoğlu, Uğur. ''Çelik Gülersoy Senfonisi'', İstanbul Kitaplığı, 561 pp.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulersoy, Celik 1930 births People from Hakkâri Lawyers from Istanbul 2003 deaths Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Writers from Istanbul Historical preservationists 20th-century Turkish lawyers Deaths from cancer in Turkey Deaths from pancreatic cancer