Bir Şehir Kurmak: Ankara 1923-1933

Examines the first decade after the establishment of Ankara asthe capital of Turkey, from the proclamation of the Turkish Republic in1923 until 1933.With a particular focus on the recently developed Yeni Şehir (“new city”)district of Ankara, Ali Cengizkan and N. Müge Cengizkan chronicle theconstruction of a new city center in war-torn Turkey in the first quarter ofthe twentieth century. The authors fill critical gaps in the historiography ofthe city by sharing the ideas and experiences of its dwellers, exploringthe social dynamics of the dissolution of theplanned environment,and analyzing the causes and effects of modernization.