Conquest of Istanbul and the Manipulation of Architecture - The Islamist-Nationalist Rhetoric of Conquest and Melancholy

This book explores the contemporary memory of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453. It focuses on how the conquest is remembered by Islamist-nationalist imagination in Turkey today and how architecture plays a role in shaping this memory, underscoring its susceptibility to political manipulation.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION: Conquest, Architecture, and Melancholy
CHAPTER 1: Political Manipulation of Melancholy
CHAPTER 2: Hagia Sophia: The Lost Mosque
CHAPTER 3: Panorama 1453 History Museum: Melancholy of the Lost City
CHAPTER 4: The Greek Side: Commemorating the Fall of Constantinople in Athens Today
EPILOGUE: '... once more'
Index

About the author

Berin F. Gür is an architectural scholar who focuses on the politics of space, design, theory, and architectural criticism. After receiving her doctorate from Middle East Technical University in Turkey, she conducted postdoctoral research at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, from 2000 to 2001. From 2022 to 2023, she was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Comparative Modernities (ICM) at Cornell University in the United States. She is a professor in the Department of Architecture at TED University in Turkey.

Product details

• Authors: Berin F. Gur, Berin F. Gür
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032751092
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275109-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Islam, Istanbul, Europe, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, The arts: general issues, RELIGION / Islam / General, Nationalism, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social & political philosophy, Religion & politics, social and political philosophy, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Regional Studies, Regional & area planning, History of Architecture, Regional / International studies, Religion and Politics, Language teaching and learning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Theory of architecture, Regional and area planning, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Turkic languages, The arts: general topics, Urban communities / city life