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Nail Çakırhan
The poet, journalist and architect
Nail Çakırhan, the hero of Akyaka
that turned from a tiny fisherman
village into a touristic town.
He had built a house for himself by interpreting
the traditional architecture of Ula, his home-
town, in his own unique style. This house that
won “International Aga Khan Architecture
Award” is an example of the houses built later
in the region. Today, almost all of the houses
in Akyaka is dominated with respective archi-
tectural style. Çakırhan has given life to Ula’s
traditional architecture again.
In original Akyaka houses, where wooden
workmanship stands out, the fringes, doors,
ceilings and cabinet doors are decorated with
lacework like carvings.
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