ABSTRACT
Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey studies the unfolding of modern architecture in Turkey during the 1950s and 1960s. The book brings together scholars who have carried out extensive research on post-WWII modernism in a global context.
The authors situate Turkish architectural case studies within an international framework during this period, providing a close reading of how architectural culture responded to ubiquitous post-war ideas and ideals, and how it became intertwined with politics of modernization and urbanization.
This book contributes to contemporary scholarship to reconsider post-war architecture, beyond canonical explanations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|18 pages
Turkey's postwar modernism
A retrospective overview of architecture, urbanism and politics in the 1950s
chapter 3|29 pages
Seashore readings
The road from sea baths to summerhouses in mid-twentieth century Izmir
chapter 4|29 pages
Urbanization represented in the historical peninsula
Turkification of Istanbul in the 1950s
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chapter 6|28 pages
Under the flags of the Marshall Plan
Multiple modernisms and professional legitimacy in the Cold War Middle East, 1950–1964
