Art Deco a Frustrated Style and Reflections from Ankara - Turkey

Architecture carries a strong effect on people as life passes physically between what is constructed. The ambience of the works of architecture differ in time, place and society. These differences are observed and named as “styles” in general. The periods that past styles have been exercised happened to be very slow in Antiquity, in a world of tranquility and stability. Its acceleration increased with the technological developments and now, it is nearly too hard to trace the differences occurring during the life span of a human. It is difficult to distinguish the styles at the period when one lives in, but easy to see and understand when observed as the past. However, there are ways to describe a certain style in general by examining the features controlling the daily use objects, buildings and even settlements. Every period reflects a certain aesthetic understanding observable on everything that is manmade. From this point of view the basic style governing the 20th century can be named as Modernism. On the other hand, the Modernist Movement in architecture and design carry varieties or branches in it. Some are distinct and powerful, while the others have been left in shadow. Art Deco is one of the latter, and therefore is chosen as the subject of this article. The reflections of Art Deco differing from place to place will be examined over the city of Ankara, chosen as the case study. The style is tried to be explained in the conditions it was exercised during the establishment years of the Turkish Republic and the reasons for their conservation is discussed