Mimar Kemaleddin or Mimar Kemaleddin Bey ("mimar" meaning architect

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 in Turkish

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) 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

Ilhan Mimaroglu

İlhan Mimaroğlu is a musician and composer. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey on March 11, 1926, the son of the famous architect Mimar Kemaleddin Bey depicted on the Turkish lira banknotes, denomination 20 lira, of the 2009 E-9 emission. He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1945 and the...

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Portrait on the Turkish Lira

On 2009 a new series of Turkish lira

Turkish lira

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 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.