Ankara Railway Station Complex
 
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Ankara Railway Station Complex

1935 - 1937 		Architect: Sekip Akalin

This symmetric building faces the old square stretching in a northwest -southeast direction. The station was built to run parallel to the railway tracks in place of the old building which had become insufficient to meet the demands of the rapidly-growing capital. Apart from the basic requirements, it was considered proper to build a splendid entrance to greet the travelers arriving in the capital. This construction with arches and an architrave, supported on a row of double pillars, was attached to the Gar Gazino (Station Restaurant) built at the same time.
The symmetrically constructed building is made up of buildings descending from three storeys to two or one in accordance with their distance from the central part. The central hall is 12 metres in height and is lit by spacious windows front and back. The entrance to the building designed in the simple, modern neo-classic style of the 1930's is approached by a few wide steps behind which is a row of high columns. On each side of the entrance there are projecting semi-circular staircase towers with windows stretching their whole height giving a monumental effect to the building. The reinforced concrete structure is faced with Ankara stone.

Resource :  - Inci Aslanoglu; "Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarligi 1923- 1938", ODTU Mimarlık Fakultesi Yayinlari, Ankara 2001.
 
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