SAME LANGUAGE DIFFERENT DIALECTS: EXPRESSION OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN ANKARA AND KAUNAS

The definition of modernism in the global context appeared after the 19th century as a specific form of living which is not related to the old beliefs since traditional and old meant pre-industrial and backward. This approach also had a reflection in architecture in the early 20th century with the aim of creating an international style which would match with the new social circumstances of the societies. However, to implement the principles of this new style into every culture and every society was not easy. As Habermas (1987, 3) explains the meaning of the term modern, modern is a consciousness of an epoch that relates itself to the past, to view itself as a result of a transition from the old to the new. Therefore, it should still be possible to trace the effects of the old traditions furthermore, the continuity while analysing the modern and modernism.