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Assembly. Hüsamettin Çelebi drew attention to the fact that they could not determine
the framework of the artworks. The architect and the representative of Public Works
Ministry, Orhan Akyürek stated that they had to define the functional needs of the
program of the work to be done. The committee members also decided on one common
jury for the senate and the Assembly. At the preliminary ideas workshop some
interesting ideas were pronounced. The president of the Turkish Language Association
proposed there should be three monuments: one for the oldest Turkish state, Şaman
Göktürks, who left behind a written monument, one for the first Muslim Turkish State,
Kara-Khanid Khanate that known for the written political diary, and one for the founder
of the first Turkish Republic and Atatürk’s Turkey.
Gönül Tankut suggested that what to be monumentalized urged for a dynamic
process. She asked questions on how the hierarchical punctuation should be, where to
start and what to handle. In order to produce ideas, Tankut proposed that a symposium
should be arranged and a competition should be announced. Another point she wanted
to emphasize was the monumental structure of the building. Its architecture is found
foreign to its people with the neo-classical type. It could have been depicted as a
monumental hill. It is a platform to reflect the sovereignty of the people. In order to
compensate this alienation with the society, the artworks and monuments in the site of
the Assembly could have been an instance of re-unification. Tankut believed that the
discussions went through a path that what is wanted was handled as if to create a
museum instead of a monument.
The head of the Chambers of Architects, Yavuz Önen suggested that the ideas
should be discussed via the competitions since a very healthy and objective synthesis is
needed rather than focusing on a dominant culture and its interpretations.After this
preliminary ideas workshop was held, the general council determined a scientific
committee of six specialists. For Turkish Revolution History (Prof. Dr. Afet İnan),
Turkish Science History (Prof. Dr.Aydın Sayılı), General Turkish History (Prof. Dr.
Çoşkun Üçok), Art History (Prof. Dr. Oluş Arık), Ornamentation and Interior
Architecture (Prof. Architect Sadun Ersin), Turkish War History (Sadık Atak). These
specialists proposed monument subjects for the site of the Assembly according to their
fields and ideas that are developed during the preliminary ideas workshop. According
to the report of the committee for the monuments, the artworks and their places are
decided as:
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1. Constitution and Secularism (Monument-Sculpture-Caligraphy): from the first
constitution of 1876 to the current constitution and secularism as the basic revolution
of modernization to depicted at the front garden from the street to the cascaded pool.
2. Foundation of the Turkish Republic (Monument-Sculpture-Caligraphy): a
composition depicting the War of Indepence and the foundation the Turkish Republic
between 1918 and 1939 placed at the east entrance on the Atatürk Boulevard.
3. Revolutions of Atatürk (Relief-Sculpture-Caligraphy): a composition depicting
the revolutions of Atatürk at the courtyard of the Hall of Honor on the massive side
walls between the pillars.
4. Science, Art and Culture (Relief-Sculpture-Caligraphy): allegorical composition
of terms of science, art and culture to be placed at the Dikmen Gate with the potential to
grow inside.
5. Atatürk (Sculpture): a colossal Atatürk Statue between the gate of Hall of Honor
and the flag pillars.
6. The first President of the Republic and State Founder Atatürk (Caligraphy-
Sculpture-Relief): a chronological representation of the statesmanship of Atatürk
between 1919 and 1939 to be depicted as relieves and writings on the walls of Hall of
Honor.
7. Turkish Ancestors (Relief-Sculpture): Masks and busts of 14-15 Turkish
ancestors , Atatürk in the middle, to be placed in the niches of the Hall of Honour, in
original clothes and facial expressions. This subject of monuments is voted since it is
thought it may result with museufication of the Great National Assembly, left for jury
consultation.
8. The Contribution of Turks to Civilization and Atatürk giving value to Science:
left for jury consultation.
9. The Basic Development Periods of National Culture and Civilization throughout
Turkish History (Painting-Seramics): terms which are from the B. C 3000 years till
today, Sumerian and Hittite Laws, Eygpt Treaty, first known writing, first state governed
by the rule of law, first school, inscriptions before and after Uygur Civilizations as copies
of molds to be placed at the south entrance of the public axis.
10. Turkish Arts of Miniature and Painting (Painting): depictions of Ottoman-
Turkish miniature art on two panels in the ceremonial hall.
The committee also decided that the awards should be organized under two
groups as the Senate and the National Assembly Awards. For the selection of the jury
members, letters were sent to all art and science institutions asking for their list of
nominees. 18 out 0f 38 letters were returned and committee sent them the noble list of
members in reply. Due to this letter sent by the head of the monuments committee,
Tarık Remzi Baltan with the date of 4
th
of August in 1976, the head of the Chamber of
architects replied with a criticism on the method of jury selection. Kırçak asked if the
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