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From the second half of  XIX. th century to the on set of XX th century, 

when the first national Turkish style has  occured, the samples reflecting the traces 

of Western Architectural Culture have  been built in Karaköy and its 

neighbourhood. Generally, in these civil architectural samples formed by the bank 

and closed-street, the reflections and traces of this style have been given in the 

styles of Neobarok , Neo-Classic, Neo-Gothic, Art Nouveau and Eclectic.  

Most important representative of Art Nouveaus Style between those is 

service buildings of İstanbul Karaköy Ziraat Bank.   

 

 

During the late 80'ies I designed a store and head office for the Odeon white goods chain at the ground floor of Casa Botter and vaguely remember the Karakoy Mosque. My mother worked at the Ziraat Bank. (old Wiener Bank- Verein[1] 1912 building).

 

One of the marble pices saved is in the courtyard of the Kınalıada Mosque. It's intricately carved ebony mihrab/prayer niche can be seen at 'daki Yahya Kethüda Mosque in Kasımpaşa.

[1]Wiener Bank- Verein. branches in Istanbul and Izmir.

 

The buildings, which he designed at Yıldız Palace, were European in style. The best known of these are Yildiz Palace pavilions and the Yildiz Ceramic Factory (1893–1907), the Janissary Museum and the Ministry of Agriculture (1898), the fountain of Abdulhamit II (1901), Karakoy Mosque (1903), the mausoleum for the African religious leader Sheikh Zafir (1905–1906), tomb within the cemetery of Fatih Mosque (1905), Cemil Bey House at Kireçburnu (1905), clock tower for the Hamidiye-i Etfal Hospital (1906). Casa Botter (1900–1901), a seven-story workshop and residence building in Istiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, which he designed for the sultan’s Dutch fashion tailor M. Jean Botter, represents a turning point in D’Aronco’s architecture.