Women Architects of Eastern Turkiye

Köseoğlu Ş., İsmailoğlu S.

VI International Conference on Architecture and Gender, Valencia, İspanya, 3 - 06 Ekim 2023, ss.583-603

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4995/icag2023.2023.16832
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Valencia
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.583-603
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Women began to be admitted to architecture schools in Türkiye in 1929, and the first graduates received their diplomas in 1934. However, the literature on architecture typically focuses on men. There are fewer studies on women, and all these women are graduates of old western universities in Türkiye. Therefore, this study will focus on seven women architects who graduated from Karadeniz Technical University in Trabzon, Turkey, between 1970 and 2007. Some of them are well known in the region, while others work as academics, competing architects, or freelance architects, and they are famous throughout the country. Their names are Prof. Dr. Şengül Öymen Gür, academic and competing architect Prof. Dr. Gülay Usta, competing architect Oya Eskin Güvendi, freelance architects Emine Turhan, Emel Şimşek, Uğur Değermenci and Mukaddes Ataman. This study aims to document and archive the productions of those who have been working actively for the last fifty years. This paper aims to change the narrative about women architects in Türkiye, which is almost entirely based on women graduates of universities in western Türkiye.