Turkish Writers on Muqarnas
Three Turkish writers on muqarnas should be mentioned: Prof. Dr. Ayla Ödekan, Prof. Dr. Orhan Cezmi Tuncer and Mehmet Fatin Uluengin. I dedicated seperate webpages to their works.
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I mentioned their works several times in my Instagram stories.
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- Remarkable Books Odekan
It was hard to find, but I am glad that I got a copy of Ayla Ödekan her book on pre-Ottoman muqarnas. I keep searching for her other book on Early Ottoman muqarnas.
- Translation Ödekan
Today I translated a whole book. Finally I can read the thesis of Ayla Ödekan in English. Hurray.
- Odekan C30 Kayseri Haci Kilic
Kayseri Haci Kiliç Medresesi Portal: its muqarnas is is a mix of an octagonal grid in the top and a hexagonal grid in the bottom layers.
- Kayseri Gülük Cami (Ödekan C53)
Another one is about Kayseri Gülük Cami (Ödekan C53), especially the upper part that follows the 45° grid and has standard predefined units.
- Ödekan Type 2A
Can we expand the grid of Ödekan's type 2A? Yes, we can!
- Remarkable Books Tuncer
Tuncer's book gave me the opportunity to examine a series of related muqarnas, looking for comparisons and differences.
- Classification Tuncer
Tuncer I have mentioned before and I will mention Tuncer many more times. He is so meticulous and prolific besides. To be continued ....
- Remarkable Books Tuncer K
Prof. Dr. Tuncer coded units and sub-structures by letters and numbers. A few are rare, for example, this one in Diyarbakır Behram Pasa Camisi.
- Remarkable Books Uluengin
Fatin Uluengin (1920-2017) was a Turkish architect, best known for his expertise on classical building details of Ottoman architecture. He wrote an impressive book on muqarnas with photographs, drawings and descriptions. I acquired a copy five years ago. It is my wish that an English translation be made available to a wider audience.
- Uluengin Book
Good books deserve good translations. Uluengin's book deserves for sure.
- Translation Uluengin Püskül
DeepL helps me to translate from Turkish into English. I always check keywords. How to translate the word püskül?
- RemarkableBooks_Thesis Senalp
Written in English, this thesis is a key to Ödekan's work for me.
- RemarkableBooks Alacem
One evening, googling on muqarnas, I found this publication by Sema Alaçam and Orkan Güzelci, two university teachers with a different approach. Sema encouraged me to start with Rhino Grasshopper, one of the best moves in my life.
