{"product_id":"ernst-a-egli-turkiyeye-katkilar","title":"Ernst A. Egli's Contributions to Turkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Ernst A. Egli was invited to Turkey in 1926 to reorganize the architecture education program and design educational-instructional, i.e., school buildings, according to contemporary principles and methods, he found himself in the midst of the three fundamental development policies of the nascent Republic of Turkey. As the compulsory policies of the war years gave way to new orientations reinforced by the ideas of creating a strong national population and, relatedly, establishing a modern nation-state, it became imperative to implement reforms in health, law, and education, respectively. Education reform constituted the third link in these almost simultaneous priority steps, to enable the construction of a sustainable, healthy, modern society with high productive capacity. Unlike the German-speaking architects who came to Turkey as 'exiles' fleeing Europe's tense political climate, Egli was invited from Vienna by Clemens Holzmeister's suggestion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was appointed as the chief architect responsible for the design of schools where modern individuals of the Republic would be educated, within the Ministry of National Education, and undertook the tasks of \"organizing and improving their programs, giving lectures, and teaching\" at the Academy of Fine Arts. Egli's innovations at the Academy, such as student admission through an entrance exam, extending the duration of education to five years, and curriculum changes, shaped architectural education in Turkey. The National Architectural Seminar, aiming to document and publicize the civil architectural heritage, was initiated at the Academy in the early 1930s under Egli's leadership, with the assistance of his assistant Sedad Hakkı Eldem, and a unique body of knowledge was accumulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his 14 years in Turkey, Egli designed significant buildings of Republican-era modern architecture, including the İsmet Pasha Girls' Institute, the Music Teachers' School, the Atatürk Forest Farm (AOÇ) Urban Design, Brewery, Civil Servant and Worker Housing, and Bathhouse, Ragıp Devres Villa, Fuat Bulca House, Etimesgut Model Village, Higher Agricultural Institute, School of Political Science, Istanbul University Biology Institute, Turkish Aeronautical Association Administrative Building and Flight School, and the Iraqi and Swiss Embassies. He also signed urban development plans for cities and towns, including districts of Niğde, Edirne, Balıkesir, Samsun, and Denizli.\u003cbr\u003eAfter Atatürk's death in 1938, he lost his protector and left Turkey in 1940 due to the changing political climate. In 1953, he returned to Turkey on a United Nations assignment, giving lectures at the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University and the Institute of Public Administration for Turkey and the Middle East established within the faculty. In 1955, Egli returned to Switzerland, which he considered his homeland, and passed away in Zurich in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, which examines Egli's contributions to Turkey in the context of local interpretations and the accountability of programs and practices in education, includes articles by İlhan Tekeli, Oya Atalay Franck, Bernd Nicolai, Sıdıka Çetin, Berna Güç, F. Cânâ Bilsel, Neslinur Hızlı, Nezih R. Aysel, Jan Hoffmann, and Ali Cengizkan. The entire work, compiled by N. Müge Cengizkan and Selda Bancı, which addresses Egli's buildings, projects, and urban development plans in Turkey, was authored by Leyla Alpagut, T. Elvan Altan, Oya Atalay Franck, Afife Batur, Gaye Birol Özerk, Esin Boyacıoğlu, Ali Cengizkan, Işıl Çokuğraş, C. İrem Gençer, Pelin Gürol Öngören, Bilge İmamoğlu, Kıvanç Kılınç, F. Nurşen Kul, and Haluk Zelef.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mimarlar Odası Yayınları","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39408939172035,"sku":"9786050110487","price":1440.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/products\/9786050110487.jpg?v=1616017043","url":"https:\/\/yemkitabevi.com\/en-us\/products\/ernst-a-egli-turkiyeye-katkilar","provider":"YEM Kitabevi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}