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Şekip Akalın (Sabri Şekip Akalın) was born on 1910 in Erzurum, Ottoman Empire, is a Sabri Şekip Akalın was Turkish architect. Discover Şekip Akalın's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Sabri Şekip Akalın
Occupation N/A
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign
Born 1910, 1910
Birthday 1910
Birthplace Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 1976
Died Place Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Oman

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Şekip Akalın Net Worth

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1910

Sabri Şekip Akalın (1910–1976) was a Turkish architect and engineer.

Akalın was born in 1910 in the city of Erzurum in the Ottoman Empire.

1914

Due to the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and the subsequent Russian invasion, his family moved to Ankara.

1934

After the war, Akalın moved to Istanbul and studied engineering at the Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 1934.

After school, in the same year, he started working at the Ministry of Public Works in Ankara.

1935

His most famous building is the Art-deco Ankara railway station, which was built between 1935 and 1937.

Aside from architecture, he also worked at the Ministry of Public Works, Turkish State Railways and the PTT, even designing the later's headquarters in Ankara.

When President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk requested that a Turkish architect be selected for the design of the new Ankara railway station building in 1935, Akalın was chosen as the project's architect at age 25.

He then traveled to Europe to prepare a design for the station.

He was inspired by the wave of Art deco architecture sweeping the continent as he went on to design Ankara station's building in that style.

1937

The station was completed in 1937, when Akalın was 27 years old.

1940

He kept working at the Ministry of Public Works until 1940, when he started working at the State Railway's general headquarters until 1952.

1960

In 1960, Akalın worked at the Turkish Postal and Telegraph Organization for six years until retiring in 1966.

1976

Şekip Akalın died ten years later, in 1976, in Ankara.