Relationship between public art and interior space effects on social memory in Turkey from 1960s to 2000s; Ataturk Cultural Center

The purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between public art and interior space and to examine the effects of this relationship on social memory. It is aimed to examine the ongoing and different ways of expression of public art applied in Turkey between the years 1960-2000, as well as to research how affects interior spaces through permanence and originalization of the space. One of the other purposes of this thesis study is to search and find pictures of wall panels on apartment facades and entrance halls also in spaces that between the public and private spaces such as apartment entrances between the years 1960-2000 in Turkey. In addition, it is aimed to archive the existing works (such as sculptures, paintings, ceramic wall panels), in and in front of public buildings. In the last part of this study, a historical reading was made on the Ataturk Cultural Center and the effects of the devolopment process and changing interior design on the social memory was examined. The changes that Atatürk Cultural Center went through during the rebuilding process and the problems related to art objects whose context changed. Finally, suggestions for these problems and predictions for the future were made.