Mimar Kemaleddin Bey

Mimar Kemaleddin
Mimar Kemaleddin
Born	1870 Acıbadem, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	1927-07-13 Ankara, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish

Mimar Kemaleddin or Mimar Kemaleddin Bey ("mimar" meaning architect in Turkish) was an important Turkish architect of the very late period of the Ottoman architecture and the early years of the Turkish Republic.

He was the father of the composer İlhan Mimaroğlu.

Portrait on the Turkish Lira

20-lira banknote with the portrait of Mimar Kemaleddin and the main building of Gazi University, which he designed.

On 2009 a new series of Turkish lira banknotes went into circulation; the reverse side of the 20-lira banknotes depicts Mimar Kemaleddin, together with one of his major works, the rectorate building of Gazi University.

He is one of the creators and followers of the First National Architecture Style in Turkey.

Persondata
Name	Kemaleddin
Alternative names	Ahmet Kemaleddin
Short description
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth	Acıbadem, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	1927-07-13
Place of death	Ankara, Turkey