What is Aydın Boysan?
[[File:Aydın Boysan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Boysan in 2008]] '''Aydın Boysan''' (17 June 1921<ref>[http://www.kitapdenizi.com/kitap/Aydin-Boysan-kitaplari-yd3486.aspx Kitapdenizi Publishers' page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173113/https://www.kitapdenizi.com/kitap/Aydin-Boysan-kitaplari-yd3486.aspx |date=2018-01-06 }} {{in lang|tr}}</ref> – 5 January 2018) was a Turkish architect, academic, author and essayist. He was born in [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aydinboysan.kimdir.com/ |title=Aydın Boysan Page |access-date=2018-01-06 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222192258/http://aydinboysan.kimdir.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1954, he became the charter member of the Chamber of Architects.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mimarlikmuzesi.org/Collection/Detail_aydin-boysan_41.html |title=Architecture Online Museum by YEM |access-date=2018-01-06 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213607/http://www.mimarlikmuzesi.org/Collection/Detail_aydin-boysan_41.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also became the first secretary general of the chamber. Later he served as the representative of the chamber in İstanbul. Between 1957 and 1972 he taught in the [[İstanbul Technical University]]. In 1984, Boysan founded Bas Printing House and published essay books. His essays are mostly about his memoirs and humor. He was also a columnist. Boysan died of [[multiple organ failure]] in Istanbul on 5 January 2018 at the age of 96.<ref>[http://aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/aydin-boysan-vefat-etti/1023261 Aydın Boysan vefat etti] {{in lang|tr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boysan, Aydin}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Turkish architects]] [[Category:Turkish essayists]] [[Category:Turkish academics]] [[Category:Columnists]] [[Category:Writers from Istanbul]]