Vedat Dalokay
Vedat Ali Dalokay (November 10, 1927 - March 21, 1991) was a renowned Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara.
Early life
He was born in Elazığ, Turkey in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek.[1] He completed his elementary and secondary education in the same city. Then he left for Istanbul for a university degree and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul Technical University in 1949. Later in 1952, he completed his post-graduate studies at the Institute of Urbanism and Urban Development of Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
Career
Along with numerous national award-winning projects in Turkey, Dalokay has been awarded internationally for the Islamic Development Bank (1981) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and perhaps his most famous project, the Faisal Mosque (1969) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
His design for the Kocatepe Mosque in the Turkish capital, Ankara was selected in the architectural competition but, as a result of controversial criticism, was not built. Later, a modified design was used as a basis for the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
In 1973, he was elected the Mayor of Ankara from the CHP. He had served until 1977 local elections where another CHP member, Ali Dinçer was elected.
Death
He died in a traffic accident. Also his wife Ayça Dalokay (44) and his son Barış Dalokay (17) died in same traffic accident.
See also
References
- Naz, Neelum. METU JFA 2005/2 (22:2) - Contribution of Turkish Architects to the National Architecture of Pakistan: Vedat DalokayPDF (885 KiB)
- Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı - The Kocatepe Mosque Complex 1967-1987, AnkaraPDF (6.03 MiB)
- Drawings and model photos of Vedat Dalokay's unbuilt mosque design for the Kocatepe Mosque
- Animation of Vedat Dalokay's unbuilt mosque design for the Kocatepe Mosque
- As, Imdat, "Vedat Dalokay's Unbuilt Project: A Lost Opportunity," in "The Digital Mosque: A New Paradigm in Mosque Design" Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), Volume 60, Issue 1, 2006, pp.54-66
- As, Imdat "The Kocatepe Mosque Experience, " in Emergent Design: Rethinking Contemporary Mosque Architecture in Light of Digital Technology, S.M.Arch.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2002. pp.24-46
- Vedat Dalokay in the German National Library catalogue (German)
| Political offices |
Preceded by
Ekrem Barlas |
Mayor of Ankara
1973–1977 |
Succeeded by
Ali Dinçer |
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| Province Governors (1924–1960) |
Mehmet Ali Bey · Ali Haydar Bey · Asaf Bey · Tandoğan · Adal · Çağpar · Tüzün · Börekçi · Benderlioğlu · Aygün · Göktan · Eren · Aygün · Argun
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| Military-appointed (1960–1963) |
Baştuğ · Orgun · Teoman · Kuray
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| Elected (1963–1980) |
Erkut · Barlas · Dalokay · Dinçer
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| Military-appointed (1980–1984) |
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| Greater Ankara (1984 to date) |
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Dalokay,Vedat |
| Alternative names |
Ali |
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| Date of birth |
November 10, 1927 |
| Place of birth |
Elazığ, Turkey |
| Date of death |
March 21, 1991 |
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