MekanPerest
Sayı 20
13 ŞUBAT 2011

"Perest" is a Turkish suffix, which is usually added to the names of various sacred objects to signify particular religious beliefs in relation to those objects. On the other hand "mekan" means architectural space. Consequently, when these two are constructed together as "mekanperest," this new term makes everybody to think about a group of people, who believe in the sacred nature of architectural space and environment.

"Mekanperest" is the name given to a social responsibility project of the EMU, Faculty of Architecture, in which the academic staff of the Faculty publish regularly a Sunday attachment to a local Turkish newspaper called "Havadis." The idea was to increase the public awareness about the professions related to design and built environment and to share the opinions of academic architects and designers about the spatial and environmental problems in TRNC with the local people.

For this purpose 20 Sunday attachments, were prepared every other week. Although these attachments can be seen within this web-site, unfortunately they are in Turkish. Many locals read them. Many people commented on them. We are all proud of Mekanperest, and we also wish to publish it as a book.