Within the scope of the 100th anniversary of our Republic, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture is organizing a workshop titled
Architect of Atatürk: Seyfi Arkan is organizing a workshop. Within the scope of the workshop, firstly, on Thursday, December 14th, a visit to Florya Atatürk Sea Mansion, one of Seyfi Arkan's important buildings, was organized with 25 students participating in the workshop. Workshop coordinators Assoc. Prof. İlke Ciritci, Assist. Prof. Semih Göksel Yıldırım and Assist. Prof. Aytek Alkaya, the trip started with the presentation of Mr. Baran Bucak, an art historian and archaeologist working at the Naval Mansion, to the students in the meeting room, followed by a contextual reading and technical examination of the building.
The presentation by Assist. Prof. Meryem M. Fındıkgil, an architectural history expert working in the Department of Architecture (English), within the scope of the seminar, which is the second part of the workshop organized within the scope of the 100th anniversary of our Republic activities, was held in Firnas Hall with the participation of our Vice Dean Assis. Prof. Cansu Noberi, our lecturers from the Department of Architecture, and students from various classes. Through Seyfi Arkan's life and architecture, the architectural environment, architectural education, and building characteristics in the years parallel to the establishment of the republic were read, and modernism in Türkiye was opened to discussion in line with the principles of the establishment of the republic.
The third part of the workshop continues with model and poster studies. Our students are working with Assist. Prof. Aytek Alkaya for the opening of the year-end exhibition.
