Cihat Burak
- Set Decorator
Cihat Burak (Istanbul, 8 August1915 - 4 March 1994)
Cihat Burak (Istanbul, 8 August 1915 - 4 March 1994) Storyteller, architect, painter. He graduated from Galatasaray High School and Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture (1943). He worked as an architect at the General Directorate of Tekel and the Ministry of Public Works. In 1952, he went to Paris on a United Nations scholarship. He returned to Turkey in 1955 and again worked at the Ministry of Public Works. He drew the projects of buildings such as Gaziantep Government House, Izmit Courthouse, Ankara Banknote Printing House, Rize Courthouse, Besiktas Sair Nedim Primary School. He went to Paris again in 1961, during which time he left the ministry and focused on painting. After returning to Turkey in 1965, he opened various exhibitions at home and abroad and participated in group exhibitions.