Global Locality, National Modernity: Negotiating Urban Transformation in Early Republican Istanbul (1923-1949)

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dc.contributor.advisorHamadeh, Shirineen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLópez-Durán, Fabiolaen_US
dc.creatorAcikgoz, Umit Firaten_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-15T15:43:44Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-08-01T05:01:07Zen_US
dc.date.created2018-08en_US
dc.date.issued2018-08-08en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2018en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-15T15:43:44Zen_US
dc.description.abstractBy the time the Turkish Republic was founded in 1923, Istanbul had become a marginalized city. A series of wars and devastating fires during the final years of the Ottoman Empire took a massive toll on the city’s economy and physical landscape, which posed the necessity of a comprehensive urban renewal. This dissertation traces the circulation of ideas, theories, and proposals about the modernization of Istanbul’s built environment during the early republican period (1923-1949). Focusing on urban planning, architecture, and historical preservation, it offers an urban history of Istanbul at this critical, post-imperial juncture that coincided with the rise of nationalism and global modernism. This dissertation departs from the standard historiography that overemphasizes the agency of the nation-building program and its top-down state engineering in the social and spatial reconfiguration of Turkey. Instead, I argue that an entangled web of global, national, and local dynamics fueled the urban transformation of early republican Istanbul. Drawing on archival material and contemporary publications, I specifically focus on the crucial but hitherto neglected role of local agents in shaping the politics and practices of urbanism. By examining particular moments of urban intervention (such as the opening of boulevards, the redesigning of public squares, and the demolition of historical monuments) and the public debates that surrounded them, this dissertation demonstrates how Istanbul-based institutions and individuals transformed their city by navigating through the theories of modernism, the nationalist ideology, and their own diverse visions of modernity and urban modernization.en_US
dc.embargo.terms2019-08-01en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationAcikgoz, Umit Firat. "Global Locality, National Modernity: Negotiating Urban Transformation in Early Republican Istanbul (1923-1949)." (2018) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105334">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105334</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105334en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectUrban historyen_US
dc.subjectglobal modernismen_US
dc.subjecthistorical heritageen_US
dc.subjectlocal agencyen_US
dc.subjectIstanbulen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectpost-Ottomanen_US
dc.subjectpost-imperialen_US
dc.subjectMiddle Easten_US
dc.subjecturban modernizationen_US
dc.subjectearly republican Turkeyen_US
dc.subjectnation-buildingen_US
dc.subjecturban administrationen_US
dc.subjecturban toponymyen_US
dc.subjecturban planningen_US
dc.subjectpublic squaresen_US
dc.subjectTaksimen_US
dc.subjectGezi Parken_US
dc.subjectarchitectural historyen_US
dc.titleGlobal Locality, National Modernity: Negotiating Urban Transformation in Early Republican Istanbul (1923-1949)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentArt Historyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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