- Vedat Dalokay
Vedat Dalokay (
November 10 ,1927 -March 21 ,1991 ) was a renowned Turkisharchitect and a former mayor ofAnkara .Early life
He was born in
Elazığ ,Turkey in 1927. He completed his elementary and secondary education in the same city. Then he left forIstanbul for a university degree and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture ofIstanbul Technical University in 1949. Later in 1952, he completed his post-graduate studies at the Institute of Urbanism and Urban Development of Sorbonne University inParis ,France .Career
Along with numerous national award winning projects in
Turkey , Dalokay has been awarded internationally for theIslamic Development Bank (1981) inRiyadh ,Saudi Arabia , and perhaps his most famous project, theFaisal Masjid (1969) inIslamabad ,Pakistan .His design for the
Kocatepe Mosque in the Turkish capital,Ankara is selected in the architectural competition, but could not be applied, as a result of controversial criticism. Later modified design is used for theFaisal Masjid inIslamabad .ee also
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List of mayors of Ankara
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