List of Turkish architects

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The following is a list of Turkish architects in alphabetical order. Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name.

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Krikor Amira Balyan (17641831)

(all in İstanbul)

Senekerim Balyan (17681833)

(all in İstanbul)

Garabet Amira Balyan (18001866)

(all in İstanbul, except as designated otherwise)

Nigoğayos Balyan (18261856)

  • Ihlamur Pavilion
  • Küçüksu Pavilion
  • Dolmabahçe Mosque, aka Bezm-i Alem Valide Sultan Mosque (18521854)
  • Ortaköy Mosque, together with Garabet Amira Balyan (1854)
  • Tophane Clock Tower
  • Validebağ Adile Sultan Pavilion

(all in İstanbul)

Sarkis Balyan (18351899)

  • Beylerbeyi Palace, together with his father Garabet Balyan (1861 - 1865)
  • Beşiktaş Makruhyan Armenian Primary School (1866) (dedicated to the memory of his young died wife Makruhi)
  • Çırağan Palace (1863 - 1871)
  • Valide Mosque, together with brother Hagop Balyan (1871),
  • Zeytinburnu Gunpowder Factory (1874),
  • Beşiktaş-Akaretler 138 Terraced Houses (construction began 1874)
  • Ministry of War, the main building of Istanbul Technical University today
  • Palace School of Medicine, Galatasaray High School today
  • Maçka Arsenal, Faculty of Mining of the İstanbul Technical University today
  • Malta Kiosk
  • Baltalimanı Coastal Palace
  • Old kiosk on Galatasaray islet

(all in İstanbul)

Hagop Balyan (18381875)

Simon Balyan (?-1894)

Levon Balyan (1855 - ?)

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Vedat Dalokay (1927 - 1991)

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Mimar Kasım (1570 - 1659)

(all in İstanbul)

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Mimar Sinan (1489 - 1588)

(all in İstanbul, except designated otherwise)

He constructed numerous buildings as following:

  • 84 great mosques (cami),
  • 57 universities,
  • 52 smaller mosques (mescit),
  • 41 bath-houses (hamam).
  • 35 palaces (saray),
  • 22 mausoleums (türbe),
  • 20 caravansary (kervansaray; han),
  • 17 public kitchens (imaret),
  • 8 bridges,
  • 8 store houses and
  • 7 schools (medrese),
  • 6 aqueducts,
  • 3 hospitals (darüşşifa)

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