Istanbul Central Post Office

Also known as Büyük Postane

Year

1909

Architect

Vedat Tek

Type

building

At a moment when the Committee of Union and Progress was recasting Ottoman identity in nationalist terms, Vedat Tek designed the central post office as a declaration that a modern Turkish architecture was possible without copying Europe. Th …

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