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Sedad Hakkı Eldem is a Turkish architect, academician and writer. He was born in Istanbul in 1908.

Sedad Hakkı Eldem's father is İsmail Hakkı Bey, the famous diplomat of his time, and his mother is Azize Galip Hanım, the daughter of museum curator Osman Hamdi Bey's sister. It is learned from his own writings that while he was still a high school student, he was greatly influenced by the architecture of those years and well-known architects.

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He was especially guided by the attitude and artistic approach of Oscar Niemeyer, the architect of the Krawell Mansion in Essen.

Sedad Hakkı Eldem completed his primary and secondary education in Geneva and Munich due to his father's duties.

Eldem, who returned to his homeland at a time when political and social turmoil was gaining ground, started his architectural education at Istanbul Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Academy) in 1924. After com