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Vedat Dalokay is a Turkish architect and urban planner. He is best known for his design of the Ankara Central Station, which was completed in 1962. He has also designed several other notable buildings in Turkey, including the Ankara Hilton Hotel, the Ankara Intercontinental Hotel, and the Ankara Atatürk Cultural Center. Dalokay was born in Elazığ, Turkey, in 1927. He studied architecture at the Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 1951. He then went on to study urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his master's degree in 1954. Dalokay has been involved in numerous projects in Turkey, including the design of the Ankara Central Station, the Ankara Hilton Hotel, the Ankara Intercontinental Hotel, and the Ankara Atatürk Cultural Center. He has also designed several other buildings in Turkey, including the Ankara International Airport, the Ankara University of Technology, and the Ankara State Conservatory. Dalokay has received numerous awards for his work, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1980, the Turkish Grand National Assembly Medal of Honor in 1982, and the Turkish Grand National Assembly Medal of Honor in 1984. He was also awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of Ankara" in 1985. Dalokay is currently a professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He is also a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences.

Popular As Vedat Ali Dalokay
Occupation Architect
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 10 November 1927
Birthday 10 November
Birthplace Elazığ, Turkey
Date of death (1991-03-21)
Died Place Kırıkkale, Turkey
Nationality Turkey

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1991

Vedat Dalokay passed away with his wife Ayçe Dalokay (aged 44) in a traffic accident near Kırıkkale on 21 March 1991. His son Barış Dalokay (aged 17), who was injured in the accident, also died on 27 March 1991.

1981

Along with numerous national award-winning projects in Turkey, Dalokay has been awarded internationally for the Islamic Development Bank (1981) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1973

In the 1973 Turkish local elections, he was elected as the mayor of Ankara from the Republican People's Party (CHP). In 1977 Dalokay and other CHP mayors, including İstanbul mayor Ahmet İsvan and İzmit mayor Erol Köse issued a declaration on municipal socialism. Dalokay had served as mayor of Ankara until the 1977 Turkish local elections and was replaced by another CHP member, Ali Dinçer in the post.

1957

His design for the Kocatepe Mosque in the Turkish capital, Ankara was selected in the architectural competition in 1957 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, Pakistan. In Pakistan, he was also the architect of two not realized buildings, then of the constricted monument Summit Minar, Lahore and is considered a major Turkish influence in Pakistani architecture.

1949

Following his graduation in 1949, he entered the Ministry of Works and the Post and Telecommunications Department.

1927

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

He was born in Elazığ in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek. He completed his elementary and secondary education in Elazığ. Then he left for Istanbul where he graduated from the faculty of architecture of Istanbul Technical University in 1949. His lecturers there were Clemens Holzmeister and Paul Bonatz. In 1950 he settled to Paris to begin post-graduate studies at the City Planning Department of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, but then did not graduate.