1st Edition
Beyond Anitkabir: The Funerary Architecture of Atatürk The Construction and Maintenance of National Memory
By Christopher S. Wilson
Copyright 2013
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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There have been five different settings that at one time or another have contained the dead body of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, organizer of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923) and first president of the Republic of Turkey. Narrating the story of these different architectural constructions - the bedroom in Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, where he died; a temporary catafalque in this same palace;... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Funerary Architecture, Representation and Atatürk; Chapter 2 Identity, Memory, Nationalism and Architecture; Chapter 3 Dolmabahçe Palace; Chapter 4 The Ankara Catafalque; Chapter 5 Ethnographic Museum Temporary Tomb; Chapter 6 An?tkabir Mausoleum; Chapter 7 Maintaining National Memory; Chapter 101 Conclusion;
Biography
Christopher S. Wilson teaches architecture and design history at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
'The book narrates and demonstrates very eloquently the interesting (hi)story of the transportation and location of the remains of the founder of Turkey, starting from the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul to Anıtkabır in Ankara. Wilson offers a highly interesting account of the Turkish national identity process providing new insights, fresh interpretation, and original information, at least for the non-Turkish readers, through a not-so-widely studied field, that of Turkish architecture...' Changing Turkey in a Changing World 'The visual content of the book is remarkable. It includes not only historical photographs of the different funeral processions, mourning ceremonies and related buildings from 1938 to 1953, but also original drawings of the competition entries. Wilson also provides four selfmade maps that illustrate the historical paths of the funeral processions in Istanbul and Ankara. With his discussion of the actual routes versus possible alternatives, he is able to add a new and fascinating spatial dimension to the analysis of the processions as rituals'. H-Soz-u-Kult (H-Net) 'Wilson.’s book is a timely addition to an interesting subfield of turkish studies, the study of memory in republican turkey'. Turkish Review
