Mid-Century Sinan
Vasfi Egeli and the Turkish Republic s First Mosque
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6017332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gavin Moulton (0000-0003-3778-4032, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-68 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Yıllık: Annual of Istanbul studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2687-5012 • E-ISSN: 2687-5691 |
| Publisher | Suna ve İnan Kıraç Vakfı Kültür ve Sanat İşletmesi (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.53979/yillik.2021.3 |
| OpenAlex | W4205983262 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
With its revival of classical Ottoman forms, Şişli Mosque (1945–1949) has often been overlooked as an anachronistic reaction to the Turkish Republic’s secular modernist architecture of the 1930s and 40s. However, its eclectic design by restorer-architect Vasfi Egeli and attentive craftsmanship executed by the last Ottoman-trained masters distinguish the Şişli Mosque from the mass-produced followers it inspired. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the first decades of the newly established republic, formal permission was not granted for any major religious construction projects until 1945 when ground broke on Şişli Mosque. This study examines architect Vasfi Egeli’s nationalization of classical Ottoman mosque architecture during the İnönü era, citations in the mosque’s decorative program, and the influence of restoration activities. As the first monumental mosque in the Turkish Republic, Şişli Mosque set an influential precedent in its reconciliation of classical Ottoman architecture with a nationalized Turkish Islamic identity and rearticulation of the mosque within the context of republican era religious reforms
Ancient history · Geography · Linguistics · Political science · Turkish · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |