Book | Cumhuriyetin Mimarları by Ümit Sarıaslan

Yıldız Entegre launched the bibliography book titled 'Architects of the Republic', by Prof. Dr. While Suha Özkan on the 100th anniversary of the Republic to ensure that the rich knowledge and experience in the field of architecture is transferred to the next generation of architects.

Yıldız Entegre, is one of the well-established and global manufacturers of the forest products sector with its 133-year history. Before that we find a precursor to the idea in another book. Cumhuriyetin Mimarları "kuruluş Ankarası"nda üç mimar.

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Cumhuriyetin Mimarları "kuruluş Ankarası"nda üç mimar :Kemalettin -Ernst Arnold Egli - Bruno Taut [1] :olaylar/olgular/okullar

by Ümit Sarıaslan[2]

Otopsi Yayınları | ISBN 9789758410678, 350 pages

Ankara was the heart of Turks and Turkey, even while the eyes of its founder were upon it, after bidding Him farewell to eternity and wearing its great name and meaning. Despite all kinds of breaks and wedges, it is the same today! Ankara, like its founder, is where we find our existence, our self and our identity in its name and meaning; It was a land, atmosphere and direction that we loved and bonded with. This city was the other name of a "state of perfection" that we longed for and prioritized and dreamed of and strived to keep alive and fresh, because it took the fire of existence from us and offered us the essence and power that nourished our existence from that fire. It was the capital of the rational and national movement. That's why Falih Rıfkı Atay, in his article titled "Ankara Air" written in 1932, said, "This atmosphere can be found without travelling. As long as it is sought after..."

Ankara was the heart of Turks and Turkey, even while the eyes of its founder were upon it, after bidding Him farewell to eternity and wearing its great name and meaning. Despite all kinds of breaks and wedges, it is the same today! Ankara, like its founder, is where we find our existence, our self and our identity in its name and meaning; It was a land, atmosphere and direction that we loved and bonded with. This city was the other name of a "state of perfection" that we longed for and prioritized, and dreamed of and strived to keep alive and fresh, because it took the fire of existence from us and offered us the essence and power that nourished our existence from that fire. It was the capital of the rational and national movement. That is why Falih Rıfkı Atay, in his article titled "Ankara Air" written in 1932, said, "This atmosphere can be found without travelling. As long as it is sought after!..."

In this book, the author deals with three architects who designed the buildings built in the founding Ankara (1923 / 1938-40), and who took responsibility one after another for the development of this "Kemal place", and the educational buildings that were shaped in their hands. It examines the atmosphere behind those buildings, the three great architects who contributed to the establishment of the capital in a recent period, and their structures with their interpretations to the present day. He looks at the "history" and "fortune" of the capital Ankara from within and through these structures. It discusses our view, or lack thereof, of these architectural structures that are entangled in the air we breathe, as an urban and cultural heritage bearing "the legacy of those who gave their lives to give the survivors the opportunity to live and work."

The author, who criticizes the architectural chaos and urban dead-end in which Ankara was stuck in the process of changing from its "Kemal state" and atmosphere to new "weathers" that made our other cities, along with it, unrecognizable, wrote his book about being left orphaned between "living and leaving" and "living settled". He describes it as a melody to hope.

[1] Egli, Ernst, 1893-1974 , Kemaleddin,  Mimar, 1870-1927, Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938.

[2] Ümit Sarıaslan (1951-2021) was born in the village of Fakıllı, close to Kozaklı between Yozgat and Nevşehir, as the son of a teacher father who was a graduate of the Village Institute. He spent his childhood years in poverty and troubles. After secondary and high school education, he graduated from Gazi Education Institute, Department of Painting. He worked as a teacher in various parts of the country. He took a break from teaching for a while. At that time, he worked as a freelance graphic designer in Ankara. During his retirement from teaching, he published a literary magazine called Anadolu Ekini with his old friend Abdulkadir Paksoy (1991-93). Later, he returned to his teaching job and retired after working as a consultant in the Ministry of Education Board of Education and Discipline for a while. He spent his retirement years in Ankara. We lost him on Friday, December 31, 2021, the last day of 2021.

Books :Hacı Bektaş Aydınlığı (1992), Görüntü ve Gerçek (Prespero 1994), Köprüler ve İnsanlar ( Kültür Bakanlığı 1998), Demir Ağlardan Örümcek Ağlarına (2004), Cumhuriyetin Mimarları: Mimar Kemalettin - Ernst Arnold Egli - Bruno Taut (2005).