Vedar
Dalokay was born in Elazığ, Turkey in 1927 to İbrahim Bey from Pertek.

His
elementary and secondary education in the city of Elazığ. in
1949 Dalokay got his university degree and graduated from the Faculty
of Architecture of Istanbul Technical University. After that, at the Institute
of Urbanism and Urban Development of Sorbonne University in Paris,
France Dalokay got his post-graduate studies 1952.

Dalokay
has been awarded internationally for the Islamic Development Bank in 1981
located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the Faisal Mosque 1969 in Islamabad,
Pakistan was his most famous project.

Also,
in the architectural competition, his design for the Kocatepe Mosque in the
Turkish capital, Ankara was selected but not build. For the reason of
controversial criticism. After that for the Faisal Mosque located in Islamabad
was used as a basis modified design.

Later
on, March 21,1991 at a car accident Vedat Dalokay died with his wife Ayça,
age 44, and son Barış ,age 17.

Vedat
Dalokay died in a traffic accident on March 21, 1991, in which his wife Ayça
(age 44) and son Barış (age 17) were also killed. 

(Source: https://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/17300)