How Government Systems Have Influenced the Emergence of Nationalist Architectural Movements in Iran and Turkey

This paper initially attempts to introduce the main factors behind the formation of nationalist ideas by studying the social and political grounds upon which nationalism developed in Iran and Turkey between 1920 and 1950. To do so, the authors have focused on the efforts made by the Iranian and Turkish governments to strengthen nationalism. They have also studied how official cooperation between the two sides influenced the formation of nationalist movements. The paper then introduces the nationalist architectural movements that were developed as a result of these nationalist policies in Turkey and Iran. The authors study and categorize these nationalist architectural movements and some of their creations based on the opinions of Iranian and Turkish critics. In the end, a comparative study is employed to discuss how government policies have influenced the emergence of nationalist architectural movements in Iran and Turkey.