Mimar Kemaleddin Bey
| Mimar Kemalettin Ahmet Kemalettin |
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Mimar Kemalettin
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| Born | 1870 Acıbadem, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | July 13, 1927 Ankara, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Alma mater |
Hendese-i Mülkiye Mektebi) Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Tayyare Apartments, Ankara Palas |
Ahmet Kemalettin, Arabised to Kemaleddin (1870-July 13, 1927), widely known as Mimar Kemalettin (Kemalettin the Architect) and Kemalettin Bey, was a renowned Turkish architect of the very late period of the Ottoman architecture and the early years of the newly established Republic. He was among the pioneers of the First Turkish National Architectural Movement.
His lifetime saw intense and important changes for Turkish history and culture.
Ahmet Kemalettin was born 1870 in a middle-class family to Ali Bey, a naval captain, and his wife Sadberk Hanım at Acıbadem neighborhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul. In 1875, he began with his primary education at "İbrahim Ağa İbtidai Mektebi". He continued his secondary education in 1881 on Crete (then part of the Ottoman Empire) due to his father's assignment. Returned soon after to Istanbul, he finished the high school.
In 1887 at the age of 17, he entered the School of Civil Engineering (Ottoman Turkish: Hendese-i Mülkiye Mektebi, today's Istanbul Technical University). Ahmet Kemalettin graduated as an engineer with honours in 1891. He then remained at his alma mater and worked as an assistant for four years. During this time, he created his own works in his office he had opened outside the university.
In 1895, promoted by his scholar German architect August Jachmund, designer of the Sirkeci Railway Terminal in Istanbul, and supported by a state scholarship, he went to Germany, where he was educated two years in architecture at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg in Berlin. Afterwards, he worked two-and-half years in various architecture offices gaining professional experience.
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