After finishing Galatasaray High School in Istanbul, he was sent to France for higher education. He attended Académie Julian for studies in painting and then studied at the École Centrale Paris, graduating with a degree in civil engineering before he got his further education in architecture at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.[5][6] He became the first Turkish architect to receive a Western formal education in architecture.[7]
Career
Early work
After returning home in 1897, Vedat Tek contributed with his projects to the forming of the First Turkish National Architecture movement (Turkish: Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık)[1] along with Mimar Kemaleddin.[5] He served awhile as the chief architect of the Engineering Corps at the Ministry of War. Later, Sultan Mehmed V appointed him chief court architect.[8]
Vedat Tek became popular as an architect because of his project for the Kastamonu Governor's Office (1902). He was appointed architect for the Ministry of Post and Telegraph in 1905. His main assignment was the Istanbul Main Post Office, his largest achievement in his architectural career.[citation needed]
Chief architect of the Ottoman Palaces
Vedat Tek became the chief architect of the palaces after Sultan Abdul Hamid II left the throne in 1909 and was succeeded by Mehmed V. As such, he restored about 20 palaces. But when Mehmed VI became sultan, he was dismissed.[citation needed]
The First National Architecture was characterized by the creation of entirely new designs with elements taken off the Seljuk and Ottoman architecture. The buildings all over the country designed in that style had a sweeping overhanging roof, tiled panels on the façade, large arched windows and jutting semi-circular ornaments in common.[1]
Vedat Tek was known for his colorful and ornate style in architecture.
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