First National Architectural Movement

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The First National Architectural Movement was an early 20th-century Turkish architectural trend that sought to create a national style by blending Ottoman and Seljuk revival elements with modern construction techniques.

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instanceOf architectural movement
national architectural style
aim to create a national architectural style for Turkey
to express Turkish national identity in architecture
associatedWith early Turkish Republic
late Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
country Turkey
endTime c. 1930
followedBy Second National Architectural Movement NERFINISHED
follows 19th‑century eclecticism in Ottoman architecture
Ottoman revivalism
ideologicalContext Turkish nationalism
search for a modern yet national identity
inception Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
influencedBy European historicism
Islamic architecture
Ottoman architecture NERFINISHED
Seljuk architecture NERFINISHED
notableArchitect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu NERFINISHED
Giulio Mongeri NERFINISHED
Mimar Kemaleddin NERFINISHED
Vedat Tek NERFINISHED
notableWork Ankara Palas NERFINISHED
Gazi School of Education in Ankara NERFINISHED
Istanbul Main Post Office NERFINISHED
State Railways Headquarters Building in Ankara NERFINISHED
Tayyare Apartments in Istanbul NERFINISHED
otherName Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Akımı NERFINISHED
First National Style NERFINISHED
startTime c. 1908
timePeriod early 20th century
typicalBuildingType banks
educational buildings
government buildings
museums
post offices
railway stations
uses Ottoman revival elements
Seljuk revival elements
domes
geometric ornament
large overhanging eaves
monumental entrances
pointed arches
reinforced concrete structural techniques
stone and brick cladding over modern structural systems
symmetrical facades
tile decoration

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Ottoman Revival architecture relatedTo First National Architectural Movement