Roberto Giulio Mongeri was an Ottoman Empire-born Italian-descent architect. He designed a number of notable buildings in Istanbul during the late period of the Ottoman Empire and in Ankara and other cities of Turkey in the early years of the Turkish Republic as a member of the First national architectural movement. He taught architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Istanbul.
Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul.
Bulgur Palas in Istanbul
Karaköy Palas in Istanbul.
Maçka Palas in Istanbul.
First national architectural movement
The First national architectural movement, also referred to in Turkey as the National architectural Renaissance, or Turkish Neoclassical architecture, was a period of Turkish architecture that was most prevalent between 1908 and 1930 but continued until the end of the 1930s. Inspired by Ottomanism, the movement sought to capture classical elements of Ottoman and Seljuk architecture and use them in the construction of modern buildings. Despite the style focusing on Ottoman aspects, it was most prevalent during the first decade of the Republic of Turkey.
The Grand Post Office in Sirkeci, Istanbul, is considered to be the first building built in the Turkish Neoclassical style
The Ziraat Bankası General Headquarters Building in Ankara is a prominent example of the movement
The Second Parliament building of Turkey (1924) was built in the Turkish Neoclassical style
Defter-i Hakani building in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, built by Vedat Tek