1st Edition
The Conquest of Istanbul and the Manipulation of Architecture The Islamist-nationalist Rhetoric of Conquest and Melancholy
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION: Conquest, Architecture, and Melancholy
CHAPTER 1: Political Manipulation of Melancholy
CHAPTER 2: Hagia Sophia: The Lost Mosque
CHAPTER 3: Panorama 1453 History Museum: Melancholy of the Lost City
CHAPTER 4: The Greek Side: Commemorating the Fall of Constantinople in Athens Today
EPILOGUE: ‘… once more’
Index
Biography
Berin F. Gür is an architectural scholar who focuses on the politics of space, design, theory, and architectural criticism. After receiving her doctorate from Middle East Technical University in Turkey, she conducted postdoctoral research at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, from 2000 to 2001. From 2022 to 2023, she was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Comparative Modernities (ICM) at Cornell University in the United States. She is a professor in the Department of Architecture at TED University in Turkey.
