The following is a list of
notable
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Turkish architects
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
in alphabetical order.
A–M
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Balyan family
The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dynas ...
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Krikor Amira Balyan (1764–1831)
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Senekerim Balyan
The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dyna ...
(1768–1833)
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Garabet Amira Balyan Karapet or Garabet or Garabed is a common Armenian given name. They may refer to:
*a pre-Christian Armenian thunder-god, Karapet
Religion
*Karabet ( hy, Կարապետ, link=no) or Garabed (Western Armenian), the Armenian name for '' prodromos'' ...
(1800–1866)
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Nigoğayos Balyan
The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dyna ...
(1826–1856)
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Sarkis Balyan
The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dyna ...
(1835–1899)
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Hagop Balyan
The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dyna ...
(1838–1875)
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Simon Balyan
The Balyan family ( hy, Պալեաններ; tr, Balyan ailesi or ''Palyan ailesi'') was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire consisting of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dyna ...
(1848–1894)
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Levon Balyan Levon may refer to:
Music
* "Levon" (song), a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
* Levon & the Hawks, an original alternative name for The Band
*Love for Levon, a concert held on October 3, 2012 in New Jersey as a tribute to the late drummer/sing ...
(1855–1925)
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Ferhan Azman
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Nail Çakırhan
Nail Çakırhan (1910-2008) was a Turkish poet and journalist in his career in the beginning, and later a self-taught and award-winning architect and restorer who left his print particularly in the architecture of the coastal township of Akyaka ...
(1910–2008)
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Vedat Dalokay
Vedat Dalokay (10 November 1927 – 21 March 1991) was a renowned Turkish people, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara.
Early life and education
He was born in Elazığ in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek. He completed his element ...
(1927–1991)
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Günay Erdem
Günay Erdem (born 18 April 1978) is a Turkish Architect (graduated) and self-taught landscape architect. Günay Erdem together with his brother Sunay Erdem leads architectural and urban design practice Erdem Architects which they founded in 1 ...
(born 1978)
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Sunay Erdem (born 1971)
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Mualla Eyüboğlu
Mualla Eyüboğlu Anhegger (March 13, 1919 – August 16, 2009) was one of the first female Turkish architects. She is known for her restoration work on the Topkapı Palace harem room and the Rumelihisarı in Istanbul.
Early life and education ...
(1919–2009)
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Mimar Kasım (1570–1659)
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Mimar Kemaleddin
Ahmet Kemalettin or Kemaleddin (1870-13 July 1927), widely known as Mimar Kemalettin (Kemalettin the Architect) and Kemalettin Bey, was a renowned Turkish architect the during the late Ottoman Empire and the early years of the newly established ...
(1870–1927)
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Hakan Kıran
M. Hakan Kıran (born 1962) is a Turkish architect, noted for his buildings in Istanbul. He is probably best known for designing the Golden Horn Metro Bridge with Michel Virlogeux, in which he was responsible for the architectural design and th ...
(born 1962)
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Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu
Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu (1888 - 1982) was a Turkish architect best known for his work on the State Art and Sculpture Museum in Ankara, Turkey.
He died at the age of 94.
Image gallery
Ankara asv2021-10 img64 Arts and Sculpture Museum.jpg, State A ...
(1888–1982)
N–Z
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Emin Halid Onat
Emin Halid Onat (December 20, 1908 – July 17, 1961) was a Turkish architect and former rector of Istanbul Technical University.
Onat was born in Istanbul in 1908. He entered Istanbul Technical University in 1926. Then, he was sent to Zurich ...
(1908–1961)
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Zeki Sayar
Zeki Sayar (1905–2000) was a Turkish architect, journalist and the publisher of Turkey's first architectural magazine, ''Arkikekt''.. His purpose was to introduce Turkish architects to the public to improve their prospects.
Arkitekt
The firs ...
(1905–2000)
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Hilmi Şenalp (1957–)
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Mimar Sinan
Mimar Sinan ( ota, معمار سينان, translit=Mi'mâr Sinân, , ) ( 1488–1490 – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empir ...
(1489–1588)
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Şekip Akalın
Sabri Şekip Akalın (1910–1976) was a Turkish architect and engineer. His most famous building is the Art-deco Ankara railway station, which was built between 1935–37. Aside from architecture, he also worked at the Ministry of Public Works, T ...
(1910–1976)
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Vedat Tek
Mehmet Vedat Tek (1873–1942) was a Turkish architect who was one of the leading figures of the First Turkish National Architectural Movement.
Early life and education
Of Cretan Muslim origin, Vedat Tek was born in Istanbul to the governor of ...
(1873–1942)
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Turgut Toydemir
Turgut Toydemir (born 1938 in Istanbul) is a Turkish architect.
Biography
Turgut Toydemir was born in 1938 in Istanbul. He spent his childhood in the Sultanselim neighbourhood of the Fatih district. He went to highschool in the Çarşamba nei ...
(1938–)
See also
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Architecture of Turkey
Architecture of Turkey or Turkish architecture in the Republican Period refers to the architecture practised in the territory of present-day Turkey since the foundation of the republic in 1923. In the first years of the republic, Turkish archite ...
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List of architects
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia.
Early architects
* Aa ( Middle Kingdom), Egyptian
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List of Turkish people
This is a list of notable Turkish people, or the Turks, (Turkish: Türkler), who are an ethnic group primarily living in the republic of Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities have been established. They ...
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Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architectural style that developed under the Ottoman Empire. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century and developed from earlier Seljuk architecture, Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influen ...
References
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