Mualla Eyüboğlu

Mualla Eyüboğlu
Mualla Eyüboğlu Anhegger
Born Mualla
1919
Aziziye, Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Died August 16, 2009(2009-08-16) (aged 90)
Istanbul, Turkey
Resting place Merkezefendi Cemetery
Nationality Turkish
Education Architecture
Alma mater Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul
Occupation Architect, vocational teacher, restorer
Spouse Robert Anhegger (married 1958)
Relatives Sabahattin Eyuboglu (brother), Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (brother)

Mualla Eyüboğlu Anhegger (1919 – August 16, 2009) was one of the first female architects of Turkey.[1] She is known for her restoration work on the Topkapı Palace harem room and the Rumelihisarı in Istanbul.[2][3]

Eyüboğlu was born in 1919 in Aziziye, Erzurum.[3][2] She was the sister of well known Turkish painter and poet, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, and Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, an author, academic and translator.[1] Her father, Mehmet Rahmi, was the Governor of Trabzon and a member of parliament chosen by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Her family moved to Istanbul, where she enrolled in a regular high school, unlike many of her peers who often attended all girls colleges.[2] After graduating from high school, Eyüboğlu was educated in fine arts at Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul and became an architect in 1942.[2][3] She later explained her family's commitment to education, especially for women, saying, "We grew up with Atatürk's reforms. That was what Atatürk had indoctrinated in us. That we would finish school and serve our country."[2]

After the academy, she began working in the small village of Hasanoğlan, Ankara Province, where she facilitated the construction of a village institutes.[2] The Turkish government was working to develop the small villages and communities of Anatolia at the time, and the village institutes were considered essential to educating its citizens. "Village institutes were an education project that targeted the whole of Anatolia. When the Turkish Republic was founded in 1923, 90 percent of the population lived in rural areas and only 3 percent of the population was literate. It was a must to educate people. So the country was divided into 21 parts and in each was built an institute that not only taught people how to read and write but also crafts like carpentry and planting," Eyüboğlu later said in an interview.[2]

Eyüboğlu planned new institutes and schools in villages throughout rural Turkey during the 1940s.[2] She caught malaria in 1947, which forced her to leave Anatolia and move back to Istanbul.[2] The government also ended its support for the village institute program during the 1950s, which forced her to settle in Istanbul.[2]

She began working at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts once she recovered from malaria.[2] However, she soon began traveling outside Istanbul again as an excavation architect.[2] In 1948, she met her future husband Robert Anhegger, a German expert in Turkish studies.[2] The couple married in 1958 using an ancient wedding ring. "We got married in 1958, in the 10th anniversary of our friendship. He proposed to me with a ring that was from the 4th century A.D. After my father's death, I was feeling lonely and I couldn't resist his insistence anymore."[2]

Eyüboğlu began working as a restoration architect in Istanbul following her marriage. Her most famous restoration projects included the landmark Topkapı Palace's harem section and Rumelihisarı.[2]

Eyüboğlu and Anhegger bought an apartment in Istanbul's Galata district in 1964.[2] She decorated her apartment with artifacts collected from throughout her travels in Anatolia. The couple remained married until Anhegger's death in 2001.[2] She mourned the death of her husband she were together with more than 40 years, "I couldn't accept his will to be cremated. After his cremation, I lived with his ashes in the house for a week."[2] She continued to live at her residence following Anhegger's death. Her goal was to donate her collection to a small museum.

Mualla Eyüboğlu Anhegger died on August 16, 2009, at the age of 90.[2] She was laid to rest at the Merkezefendi Cemetery following the religious funeral service at Teşvikiye Mosque.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Good Morning --Turkey Press Scan on Aug 17". Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review. 2009-08-17. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=good-morning--turkey-press-scan-on-aug-17-2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Eğrikavuk, Işıl (2009-08-21). "Portrait of A Lady as a non-conformist". Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=portrait-of-a-lady-as-a-non-conformist-2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Eyüboğlu Hayatını Kaybetti" (in Turkish). Bianet. 2009-08-17. http://bianet.org/bianet/kadin/116511-ilk-kadin-mimarlardan-mualla-eyuboglu-hayatini-kaybetti. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 

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