Power and culture : identity, ideology, representation / edited by Jonathan Osmond and Ausma Cimdiņa. – Pisa : Plus-Pisa university press, c2007 (Power and culture : thematic work group 2 ; 2) 306 (21.) 1. Politica – Aspetti socio-culturali I. Osmond, Jonathan II. Cimdina, Ausma CIP a cura del Sistema bibliotecario dell’Università di Pisa This volume is published thanks to the support of the Directorate General for Research of the European Commission, by the Sixth Framework Network of Excellence CLIOHRES.net under the contract CIT3-CT-2005-00164. The volume is solely the responsibility of the Network and the authors; the European Community cannot be held responsible for its contents or for any use which may be made of it. Cover: G. Zocchi (1711-1767), Architecture, hard stone inlay, Florence, Opificio delle pietre dure. © 1990 Photo Scala, Florence, by concession of the Ministero Beni e Attività Culturali © Copyright 2007 by Edizioni Plus – Pisa University Press Lungarno Pacinotti, 43 56126 Pisa Tel. 050 2212056 – Fax 050 2212945
[email protected] www.edizioniplus.it - Section “Biblioteca” Member of ISBN 978-88-8492-463-6 Manager Claudia Napolitano Editing Francesca Petrucci, Eleonora Lollini, Francesca Verdiani Informatic assistance Massimo Arcidiacono, Michele Gasparello Spatial Representation of Power: Making the Urban Space of Ankara in the Early Republican Period Sinem Türkoğlu Önge Middle East Technical University ABSTRACT The proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 marks the beginning of a new era for Ankara which was proclaimed capital of the new nation-state. In parallel with the mod- ernization efforts and nation-building strategies of the Republican government, Ankara, as the new capital, was intended to be constructed as a model city for the whole country.