RESEARCH ARTICLE / ARAŞTIRMA MAKALES I Art-Sanat Art-Sanat, 21(2024): 137–159 DOI: 10.26650/artsanat.2024.21.1273302 htp://art-sanat.istanbul.edu.tr/tr/_ Submited: 29.03.2023 Revision requested: 04.07.2023 Last revision received: 21.12.2023 Accepted: 24.01.2024 * This artcle was produced from the master thesis ttled “The First Natonal Architectural Period Buildings of the Thrace Region (Edirne, Tekirdağ, Kırklareli)”, prepared by Atakan Balcı and supervised by Prof. Dr. Erkan Atak at Sakarya University, Insttute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanites and Social Sciences, Department of Art History in 2022 ** Correspondence to: Atakan Balcı (PhD Student), Sakarya University, Faculty of Humanites and Social Sciences, Department of Art History, Sakarya, Turkiye. E-mail: atakan.blc@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0002-7385-8951 *** Erkan Atak (Prof. Dr.), Sakarya University, Faculty of Humanites and Social Sciences, Department of Art History, Sakarya, Turkiye. E-mail: erkanatak@sakarya.edu.tr ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8977-8999 To cite this artcle: Balci, Atakan, Atak, Erkan. “An Example from the First Natonal Architectural Period: Edirne Union and Progress Club Building.” Art-Sanat, 21(2024): 137–159. htps://doi.org/10.26650/artsanat.2024.21.1273302 Atakan BALCI ** , Erkan ATAK *** An Example from the First National Architectural Period: Edirne Union and Progress Club Building* Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Dönemi’nden Bir Örnek: Edirne Ittihat ve Terakki Kulübü Binası Abstract The First National Architectural Period is an architectural movement that generally showed its effect between 1900-1930. The aim of the architectural movement started to become widespread after the proclamation of the II. Constitutional Monarchy (1908) is based on the re-emergence of the classical elements of Ottoman and Seljuk architecture. Along with the Westernization process, Western-influenced arrangements in Ottoman architecture were opposed and classical architectural elements were implemented as a result of a common attitude by the architects of the period. In this context, the Union and Progress Club building, which was built in the city center of Edirne in 1913-1914, is the subject of the article. It aims to reveal the importance of the building in the style of the period with field research, various publications, photographs and drawings. In addition, the architectural definition of the building and its decorative features were emphasized, and comparisons were made with other examples with similar characteristics. The tiles in the interior and exterior of the building were produced in Kütahya, and the pattern decorations were prepared by the leading tile masters of the period, Mehmed Emin and Rıfat Osman. In general, it is concluded that the Union and Progress Club building was built in the style of the First National Architecture Period in terms of its architectural features such as its plan layout, crown door, pointed arched windows, wide eaves system, and tile decorations on the inside and outside. Keywords National Architecture, Edirne, Union and Progress Club Building, Architect Kemaleddin Öz Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Dönemi genel olarak 1900-1930 yılları arasında etkisini göstermiş mimari akımdır. II. Meşrutiyet’in (1908) ilanından sonra yaygınlaşmaya başlayan mimari akımın amacı Osmanlı ve Selçuklu mimarisinin klasik unsurlarını yeniden ortaya çıkarma anlayışı üzerine kuruludur. Bu akımla Batılılaşma süreci ile birlikte Osmanlı mimarisindeki Batı etkili düzenlemelere karşı çıkılmış ve dönemin mimarları tarafından ortak bir tutum sonucunda klasik mimari unsurlar yeniden hayata geçirilmiştir. Bu bağlamda 1913-1914 yıllarında Edirne şehir merkezinde inşa edilen İttihat ve Terakki Kulübü binası bu makalenin konusunu oluşturmaktadır. Saha araştırması, çeşitli yayınlar, fotoğraflar ve çizimler ile birlikte yapının dönem üslubu içerisindeki öneminin ortaya çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Bununla birlikte yapının mimari tanımı ve süsleme özellikleri üzerinde durularak benzer özellikler taşıyan diğer örnekler ile karşılaştırmalar yapılmıştır. This work is licensed under Creatve Commons Atributon-NonCommercial 4.0 Internatonal License