Career
His purpose was to introduce Turkish architects to the public to improve their prospects. The first architectural magazine of Turkey was called Sayar introduced it with Abidin Mortaş and A.Ziya Kozanoğlu in 1935.At first, the magazine was called Mimar (architect in Turkish). They were forced to change its name by the Press Public Directorate, after a linguistic revolution in Turkey.
They picked their name on that of the Finnish magazine Arkkitehti, given that Finnish and Turkish are part of the same language group.
Both Mortaş and Kozanoğlu left and Zeki Sayar continued to publish for 50 years. Sayar translated and published writings of Famous architects like Le Corbusier
Lecturer by proxy in Government Arts Academy Devlet sanatlar Akademisi in 1939
Architecture Consultant of Turkish Republic Central Bank İstanbul Section (TC Merkez Bankası İstanbul Şubesi) and Textile Exchange Factorys (Mensucat Santral Fabrikaları) 1942–1950
Chairman of Turkish Master of Arts Architects Federation 1945–1948
Zeki Sayar promoted interior colonization in Interior colonization is used since 1929 in European countries to return a migrated population to small cities instead of big cities.
He was against one plan type and wrote that architects should consider villagers" way of life and tradition. He believed there should be standardized ovens, bathrooms and kitchens to familiarize villagers with modern ways and one type of local building materials for later repairs.
