Vedat Dalokay

Vedat Ali Dalokay (November 10, 1927 – March 21, 1991) was a renowned Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara.

Vedat Dalokay
Mayor of Ankara
In office
10 December 1973 – 12 December 1977
Preceded byEkrem Barlas
Succeeded byAli Dinçer
Personal details
Born10 November 1927
Elazığ, Turkey
Died21 March 1991(1991-03-21) (aged 63)
Kırıkkale, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Political partyRepublican People's Party
Alma materIstanbul Technical University
OccupationArchitect, politician

Early life

He was born in Elazığ, Turkey in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek.[1] He completed his elementary and secondary education in the same city. Then he left for Istanbul for a university degree and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul Technical University in 1949. Later in 1952, he completed his post-graduate studies at the Institute of Urbanism and Urban Development of Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

Career
Faisal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan was designed by Vedat Dalokay

Along with numerous national award-winning projects in Turkey, Dalokay has been awarded internationally for the Islamic Development Bank (1981) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and perhaps his most famous project, the Faisal Mosque (1969) in Islamabad, Pakistan.

His design for the Kocatepe Mosque in the Turkish capital, Ankara was selected in the architectural competition but, as a result of controversial criticism, was not built. Later, a modified design was used as a basis for the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.

In 1973, he was elected the Mayor of Ankara from the CHP. Dalokay had served until the 1977 local elections, when another CHP member, Ali Dinçer was elected to replace him.

Death

Vedat Dalokay died in a traffic accident on March 21, 1991, in which his wife Ayça (age 44) and son Barış (age 17) were also killed.

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See also

References
  1. "Vedat Dalokay". Archived from the original on 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2011-07-16.

Sources
Political offices
Preceded by
Ekrem Barlas		 Mayor of Ankara
1973–1977		 Succeeded by
Ali Dinçer
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