TURKISH ARCHITECTURE IN THE REPUBLICAN PERIOD
Foreign Architects of the Young Republic
Building requirements increased rapidly particularly in the new capital, Ankara.. There were not enough architects to meet these needs so after 1927 a new period began when the hegemony of foreign architects predominated. . Architects such as , ,Theodor Jost, Hermann Jansen, Martin Wagner, Martin Elsaesser, , and , who took up posts in Turkey as teachers, consultants, planners and implementers, influenced the architecture of the Republic through their own personal leanings. During this period it was the Viennese school of European architecture, in particular, with its monumental traditional form of neo-classicism that was imported and became the dominant influence on Turkish architecture. Symmetric design, refined decoration, symmetric facades with plain lines, a rhythmic arrangement of windows, flat or concealed curved roofs, monumental staircases, pillared entrances or pillars rising several storeys up the fronts of buildings are among the characteristic features of this period. This becomes a public statement of the monumental concepts and authority of the State.. During this period , among the buildings constructed by Holzmeister between 1928 and 1936 are the Minsitry of Defence in Ankara, the , the Officers' Club. The War School, the , the , and the Austrian Embassy. In 1938 he won a competition to design the Grand National Assembly,. T. Jost built the (1926), E. Egli the Conservatory for Teachers of Music, the and the (1927-30), while B. Taut built the (1937)