Doğan Kuban

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Doğan Kuban (born in Paris in 1926 to a Circassian family) is one of the leading Turkish academics in Turkey on architectural history.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Biography

He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Shortly thereafter he started his academic career. In the 1960s and 1970s he did research in Dumbarton Oaks Library with a scholarship from Harvard University. He became a professor in 1965, and he retıred recently. Among his works, the restoration of the Kalenderhane Mosque in Istanbul.

[edit] Bibliography

• "Mimarlık Kavramları" (1998) ISBN 975743809X
• "İstanbul Yazıları" (1998) ISBN 9757438650
• "İstanbul Bir Kent Tarihi" (2000) ISBN 9753331304
• "Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu" (2000) ISBN 9757438960
• "Türkiye'de Kentsel Koruma" (2001) ISBN 9753330324

[edit] See also

• List of Turkish architects
• Ottoman architecture

[edit] References

• Biyografi.net - Biography of Doğan Kuban (Turkish)
• Ykykultur.com.tr - Biography of Doğan Kuban (Turkish)