Giulio Mongeri, an Architect Efficient in the Building of Capital City Ankara and his Biography

The study is about Giulio Mongeri (1873 – 1951) who was the architect of Ottoman Bank (1926), Ziraat Bank (1926 – 1929), Monopolies Chief Directorate (1928) and Türkiye İş Bank (1929) buildings in Ankara in the first years of the Republic. Giulio Mongeri was one of the architects prominent in architectural activities both in the last years of Ottoman Empire and first years of the Republic and undertook an effective role in the architectural understanding of the next generation by raising the architects of the future as an instructor of the Academy of Fine Arts. In the study, it is aimed to gain especially the sketches and photos obtained from his diary and not published anywhere else to the scientific world as a new contribution to the knowledge in the available publications. Giulio Mongeri himself, his family and environs in which he was raised, his personality and attitude as a trainer have been appraised in the light of new information. The buildings of Mongeri in Ankara have been studied comparatively with the other buildings in Ankara in this period and an attempt is made to assess the differences in his approach.